ცეცხლი

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Georgian

ცეცხლი

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian ცეცხლი (cecxli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec₁xl-. Cognate with Mingrelian დაჩხირი (dačxiri) and Laz დაჩხირი (daçxiri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ცეცხ‧ლი

Noun

ცეცხლი (cecxli) (uncountable)

  1. fire
  2. (figuratively) heat, ardour

Inflection

Declension of ცეცხლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ცეცხლი (cecxli)
ergative ცეცხლმა (cecxlma)
dative ცეცხლს(ა) (cecxls(a))
genitive ცეცხლის(ა) (cecxlis(a))
instrumental ცეცხლით(ა) (cecxlit(a))
adverbial ცეცხლად(ა) (cecxlad(a))
vocative ცეცხლო (cecxlo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ცეცხლი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ცეცხლზე (cecxlze)
-თან (-tan, near) ცეცხლთან (cecxltan)
-ში (-ši, in) ცეცხლში (cecxlši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ცეცხლივით (cecxlivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ცეცხლისთვის (cecxlistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ცეცხლისებრ (cecxlisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ცეცხლისკენ (cecxlisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ცეცხლისგან (cecxlisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ცეცხლისადმი (cecxlisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ცეცხლიდან (cecxlidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ცეცხლითურთ (cecxliturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ცეცხლამდე (cecxlamde)

Derived terms

See also

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec₁xl-.

Noun

ცეცხლი (cecxli)

  1. fire
  2. ember
  3. stove, cooker

Descendants

  • Georgian: ცეცხლი (cecxli)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 280
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 614
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 595
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ცეცხლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 515