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Old Georgian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (“to give birth”). The expected root ვ (v) is deleted due to the following ო (o) from the thematic suffix. Compare the past form შვა (šva).
Noun
შობაჲ • (šobay)
- birth, delivery
- (Christianity) Christmas
Descendants
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 525
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 548