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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian კეთილი (ḳetili), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳet-. Cognates include Mingrelian კათუა (ḳatua). The term is of the same origin as Georgian კეთება (ḳeteba, “to make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: კე‧თი‧ლი
Adjective
| Case
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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კეთილი (ḳetili)
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| ergative
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კეთილმა (ḳetilma)
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| dative, adverbial
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კეთილ (ḳetil)
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| vocative
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კეთილო (ḳetilo)
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კეთილი • (ḳetili) (comparative უფრო კეთილი, superlative ყველაზე კეთილი)
- kind, good
- კეთილი ზრახვები ― ḳetili zraxvebi ― good faith
Antonyms
Derived terms
Interjection
კეთილი • (ḳetili)
- OK
Synonyms
Noun
კეთილი • (ḳetili) (uncountable)
- kindness, goodness
Synonyms
Antonyms
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳet- (“to add, mix”).
Adjective
კეთილი • (ḳetili)
- good
5th century,
Bible,
Genesis 1.4:
- და იხილა ღმერთმან ნათელი, რამეთუ კეთილ
- da ixila ɣmertman nateli, rametu ḳetil […]
- And God saw the light, that it was good
Descendants
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 267
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 88
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 226
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კეთილი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 195