ყუა

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Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ua- (“handle of an axe”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ყუა

Noun

ყუა • (q̇ua) (plural ყუები)

  1. crust, heel; a hard, thick outer layer (of a bread, mchadi, cheese, etc.)
  2. spine (of a book, notebook, etc.)
  3. blunt side (of a knife, sword, etc.)
  4. counterfoil, stub (of a check)

Inflection

Declension of ყუა (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ყუა (q̇ua) ყუები (q̇uebi) ყუანი (q̇uani)
ergative ყუამ (q̇uam) ყუებმა (q̇uebma) ყუათ(ა) (q̇uat(a))
dative ყუას(ა) (q̇uas(a)) ყუებს(ა) (q̇uebs(a)) ყუათ(ა) (q̇uat(a))
genitive ყუის(ა) (q̇uis(a)) ყუების(ა) (q̇uebis(a)) ყუათ(ა) (q̇uat(a))
instrumental ყუით(ა) (q̇uit(a)) ყუებით(ა) (q̇uebit(a))
adverbial ყუად(ა) (q̇uad(a)) ყუებად(ა) (q̇uebad(a))
vocative ყუავ (q̇uav) ყუებო (q̇uebo) ყუანო (q̇uano)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ყუა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”) ყუაზე (q̇uaze) ყუებზე (q̇uebze)
-თან (-tan, “near”) ყუასთან (q̇uastan) ყუებთან (q̇uebtan)
-ში (-ši, “in”) ყუაში (q̇uaši) ყუებში (q̇uebši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”) ყუასავით (q̇uasavit) ყუებივით (q̇uebivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) ყუისთვის (q̇uistvis) ყუებისთვის (q̇uebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) ყუისებრ (q̇uisebr) ყუებისებრ (q̇uebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) ყუისკენ (q̇uisḳen) ყუებისკენ (q̇uebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) ყუისგან (q̇uisgan) ყუებისგან (q̇uebisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) ყუისადმი (q̇uisadmi) ყუებისადმი (q̇uebisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) ყუიდან (q̇uidan) ყუებიდან (q̇uebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) ყუითურთ (q̇uiturt) ყუებითურთ (q̇uebiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) ყუამდე (q̇uamde) ყუებამდე (q̇uebamde)

Descendants

  • →? Svan: ყუუ̂ა (q̇uûa, “handle”)
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