ჩანს

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Georgian

Pronunciation

Verb

ჩანს (čans) (third-person singular present indicative)

  1. to be visible
  2. to seem
  3. to turn out

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ჩან- (çan-) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c₁en- : c₁n- (to grow, flourish (about plants)). Cognate with Georgian მცენარე (mcenare), Mingrelian ჩანაფა (čanapa) and Svan ლიშნე (lišne).

Verb

ჩანს (çans) (Latin spelling çans) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. the plant has fruit on the branches or stems
    ჰანწო მბულიზ ჰეშშო ჩანს ქი ტოტეფეზ ქონძოლ ქონძოლი გჲობუნ
    hanǯo mbuliz heşşo çans ki ťoťepez konżol konżoli gyobun
    This year the cherries have so much (fruit) that they hang in clusters on the branches
  2. (figurative) someone has hair
    თომა მჩანტუში კატა ნდღაზ თომა ბიცხონტი
    toma mçanťuşi ǩaťa ndğaz toma biʒxonťi
    When I had hair, I combed my hair every day

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Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çans (FN), çans/ nçans (AH ~ HP), çans (ÇX)(AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოჩანუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi