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Georgian
Etymology
From ცივი (civi, “cold”) with the verb არს (ars, “to be”). The verb soon turned impersonal and got new screeve forms (ციოდა (cioda), ციოდეს (ciodes)).
Pronunciation
Verb
ცივა • (civa) (third-person singular present indicative)
- (impersonal) to be cold (weather, outside...)
გარეთ ძალიან ცივა.- garet ʒalian civa.
- It's really cold outside.
- (intransitive) Nonstandard spelling of სცივა (sciva).
მეც მცივა და მასაც ცივა.- mec mciva da masac civa.
- I'm cold and he's cold too.
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Further reading
- Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 565, pages 528-530