ცა

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Etymology

From Proto-Nakh *ca (not).

Pronunciation

Particle

ცა (ca)

  1. not

Georgian

ცა

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Georgian ცაჲ (cay), from Proto-Kartvelian *ca-.

Noun

ცა (ca) (usually uncountable, archaic plural ცანი)

  1. sky, firmament
Inflection
Declension of ცა (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ცა (ca)
ergative ცამ (cam)
dative ცას(ა) (cas(a))
genitive ცის(ა) (cis(a))
instrumental ცით(ა) (cit(a))
adverbial ცად(ა) (cad(a))
vocative ცავ (cav)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ცა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ცაზე (caze)
-თან (-tan, near) ცასთან (castan)
-ში (-ši, in) ცაში (caši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ცასავით (casavit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ცისთვის (cistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ცისებრ (cisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ცისკენ (cisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ცისგან (cisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ციდან (cidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ცითურთ (citurt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ცამდე (camde)
Derived terms
See also
References
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ცა”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 428

Etymology 2

Noun

ცა (ca)

  1. (dialectal, informal, Adjara) Alternative form of ცავ (cav)

Mingrelian

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Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ca-.

Noun

ცა (ca) (uncountable)

  1. sky
  2. heaven
  3. palate (roof of the mouth)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ცა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1747
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ცა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 369a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ცა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN