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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian წრფელი (c̣rpeli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣rp-el- (“stretched, narrow”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣rp- (“to stretch; to reach”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: წრფე‧ლი
Adjective
| Case
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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წრფელი (c̣rpeli)
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| ergative
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წრფელმა (c̣rpelma)
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| dative, adverbial
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წრფელ (c̣rpel)
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| vocative
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წრფელო (c̣rpelo)
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წრფელი • (c̣rpeli) (comparative უფრო წრფელი, superlative უწრფელესი)
- outspoken, frank, honest
Derived terms
References
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წრფელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 550
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 315