ყია

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ყიაჲ (q̇iay).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ყია

Noun

ყია (q̇ia) (plural ყიები)

  1. glottis

Inflection

Declension of ყია (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ყია (q̇ia) ყიები (q̇iebi) ყიანი (q̇iani)
ergative ყიამ (q̇iam) ყიებმა (q̇iebma) ყიათ(ა) (q̇iat(a))
dative ყიას(ა) (q̇ias(a)) ყიებს(ა) (q̇iebs(a)) ყიათ(ა) (q̇iat(a))
genitive ყიის(ა) (q̇iis(a)) ყიების(ა) (q̇iebis(a)) ყიათ(ა) (q̇iat(a))
instrumental ყიით(ა) (q̇iit(a)) ყიებით(ა) (q̇iebit(a))
adverbial ყიად(ა) (q̇iad(a)) ყიებად(ა) (q̇iebad(a))
vocative ყიავ (q̇iav) ყიებო (q̇iebo) ყიანო (q̇iano)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ყია (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ყიაზე (q̇iaze) ყიებზე (q̇iebze)
-თან (-tan, near) ყიასთან (q̇iastan) ყიებთან (q̇iebtan)
-ში (-ši, in) ყიაში (q̇iaši) ყიებში (q̇iebši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ყიასავით (q̇iasavit) ყიებივით (q̇iebivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ყიისთვის (q̇iistvis) ყიებისთვის (q̇iebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ყიისებრ (q̇iisebr) ყიებისებრ (q̇iebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ყიისკენ (q̇iisḳen) ყიებისკენ (q̇iebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ყიისგან (q̇iisgan) ყიებისგან (q̇iebisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ყიისადმი (q̇iisadmi) ყიებისადმი (q̇iebisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ყიიდან (q̇iidan) ყიებიდან (q̇iebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ყიითურთ (q̇iiturt) ყიებითურთ (q̇iebiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ყიამდე (q̇iamde) ყიებამდე (q̇iebamde)

Descendants

  • Svan: ყია (q̇ia)

Svan

Etymology

From Georgian ყია (q̇ia).

Noun

ყია (q̇ia) (plural ყია̈̄ლ)

  1. throat

Further reading

  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ყია”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 326b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ყია”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 298b
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ყელი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 197a
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ყია”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1804