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Svan
Etymology
Both senses are from Proto-Kartvelian *-a.
Suffix
-ა̈ჲ • (-äy)
- Suffixed to nouns to form privative adjectives
- *კუ̂არჩხ- (*ḳûarčx-, “foot”) (← Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwarc₁x-) + -ა̈ჲ (-äy) → კუ̂არჩხა̈ჲ (ḳûarčxäy, “lame”, literally “footless”)
- Expresses having something
- გობრა̈ნჯ (gobränǯ, “chest”) + -ა̈ჲ (-äy) → გობრა̈ნჯა̈ჲ (gobränǯäy, “big-chested; potbellied”)
- *ბანძ- (*banʒ-, “thick hair”) (← Proto-Kartvelian *banʒ-) + -ა̈ჲ (-äy) → ბანძა̈ჲ (banʒäy, “thick-haired”)