ხაო

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Georgian

Etymology

Related to the synonymous Middle Armenian խաւ (xaw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ხაო

Noun

ხაო • (xao) (plural ხაოები)

  1. soft, fuzzy things on a surface (nap, down, indumentum)

Inflection

Declension of ხაო (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ხაო (xao) ხაოები (xaoebi) ხაონი (xaoni)
ergative ხაომ (xaom) ხაოებმა (xaoebma) ხაოთ(ა) (xaot(a))
dative ხაოს(ა) (xaos(a)) ხაოებს(ა) (xaoebs(a)) ხაოთ(ა) (xaot(a))
genitive ხაოს(ა) (xaos(a)) ხაოების(ა) (xaoebis(a)) ხაოთ(ა) (xaot(a))
instrumental ხაოთ(ა) (xaot(a)) ხაოებით(ა) (xaoebit(a))
adverbial ხაოდ(ა) (xaod(a)) ხაოებად(ა) (xaoebad(a))
vocative ხაოვ (xaov) ხაოებო (xaoebo) ხაონო (xaono)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ხაო (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”) ხაოზე (xaoze) ხაოებზე (xaoebze)
-თან (-tan, “near”) ხაოსთან (xaostan) ხაოებთან (xaoebtan)
-ში (-ši, “in”) ხაოში (xaoši) ხაოებში (xaoebši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”) ხაოსავით (xaosavit) ხაოებივით (xaoebivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) ხაოსთვის (xaostvis) ხაოებისთვის (xaoebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) ხაოსებრ (xaosebr) ხაოებისებრ (xaoebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) ხაოსკენ (xaosḳen) ხაოებისკენ (xaoebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) ხაოსგან (xaosgan) ხაოებისგან (xaoebisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) ხაოსადმი (xaosadmi) ხაოებისადმი (xaoebisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) ხაოდან (xaodan) ხაოებიდან (xaoebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) ხაოთურთ (xaoturt) ხაოებითურთ (xaoebiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) ხაომდე (xaomde) ხაოებამდე (xaoebamde)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խաւ”, 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 350ab
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