-ერი

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Georgian -ელი (-eli).

Suffix

-ერი (-eri) (Latin spelling -eri)

  1. Used to form participles of verbs.
    პიჩვ- (p̌içv-, to fast) + ‎-ერი (-eri) → ‎პიჩვერი (p̌içveri, fasting, hungry)
    ლახ- (lax-, to go mad, to go crazy) + ‎-ერი (-eri) → ‎ლახერი (laxeri, crazy, mad, lunatic, insane)
    მბარ- (mbar-, to swell) + ‎-ერი (-eri) → ‎მბარერი (mbareri, swelled)
    დოდგ- (dodg-, to stop) + ‎-ერი (-eri) → ‎დოდგინერი (dodgineri, still)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “-eri/-eyi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)