თაფლი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian თაფლი (tapli), from Proto-Kartvelian *tapl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰapʰli/
  • Hyphenation: თაფ‧ლი

Noun

თაფლი (tapli) (uncountable)

  1. honey

Inflection

Declension of თაფლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative თაფლი (tapli)
ergative თაფლმა (taplma)
dative თაფლს(ა) (tapls(a))
genitive თაფლის(ა) (taplis(a))
instrumental თაფლით(ა) (taplit(a))
adverbial თაფლად(ა) (taplad(a))
vocative თაფლო (taplo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of თაფლი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) თაფლზე (taplze)
-თან (-tan, near) თაფლთან (tapltan)
-ში (-ši, in) თაფლში (taplši)
-ვით (-vit, like) თაფლივით (taplivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) თაფლისთვის (taplistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) თაფლისებრ (taplisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) თაფლისკენ (taplisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) თაფლისგან (taplisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) თაფლიდან (taplidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) თაფლითურთ (tapliturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) თაფლამდე (taplamde)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “თაფლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “თაფლი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 135a

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *tapl-.

Noun

თაფლი (tapli)

  1. honey

Descendants

  • Georgian: თაფლი (tapli)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “თაფლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 179a