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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian წერაჲ (c̣eray), from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁er- ~ *c̣₁r- (“to scratch, depict”). წერაქვი (c̣erakvi, “pickaxe”), წრე (c̣re, “circle”) and წირი (c̣iri, “line”) may be cognates. Old Armenian ծիր (cir, “circle”) is a Kartvelian borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
წერა • (c̣era) (uncountable)
- (superstition) fate
Inflection
| Postpositional inflection of წერა (see Georgian postpositions)
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| postpositions taking the dative case
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singular
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plural
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| -ზე (-ze, “on”)
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წერაზე (c̣eraze)
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| -თან (-tan, “near”)
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წერასთან (c̣erastan)
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| -ში (-ši, “in”)
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წერაში (c̣eraši)
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| -ვით (-vit, “like”)
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წერასავით (c̣erasavit)
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| postpositions taking the genitive case
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singular
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plural
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| -თვის (-tvis, “for”)
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წერისთვის (c̣eristvis)
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| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”)
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წერისებრ (c̣erisebr)
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| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)
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წერისკენ (c̣erisḳen)
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| -გან (-gan, “from/of”)
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წერისგან (c̣erisgan)
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| -ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”)
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წერისადმი (c̣erisadmi)
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| postpositions taking the instrumental case
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singular
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plural
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| -დან (-dan, “from/since”)
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წერიდან (c̣eridan)
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| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”)
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წერითურთ (c̣eriturt)
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| postpositions taking the adverbial case
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singular
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plural
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| -მდე (-mde, “up to”)
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წერამდე (c̣eramde)
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Verbal noun
წერა • (c̣era) (impf., perfective დაწერა)
- verbal noun of წერს (c̣ers)
- verbal noun of სწერს (sc̣ers)
- verbal noun of იწერს (ic̣ers)
- verbal noun of უწერს (uc̣ers)
- verbal noun of იწერება (ic̣ereba)
- verbal noun of ეწერება (ec̣ereba)
- verbal noun of წერია (c̣eria)
- verbal noun of აწერია (ac̣eria)
- verbal noun of უწერია (uc̣eria)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 459ab
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 648–649
- Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 249
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 309