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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian მელი (meli), the -ა (-a) is a petrified diminutive suffix. Ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mal- (“fox”). Cognate with Mingrelian მალი (mali).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mela/,
- Hyphenation: მე‧ლა
Noun
მელა • (mela) (plural მელები)
- fox
- (colloquial) fox fur
- (figurative, colloquial) crafty, insinuating person
Inflection
| Postpositional inflection of მელა (see Georgian postpositions)
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| postpositions taking a dative case
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singular
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plural
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| -ზე (-ze, “on”)
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მელაზე (melaze)
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| -თან (-tan, “near”)
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მელასთან (melastan)
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| -ში (-ši, “in”)
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მელაში (melaši)
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| -ვით (-vit, “like”)
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მელასავით (melasavit)
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| postpositions taking a genitive case
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singular
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plural
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| -თვის (-tvis, “for”)
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მელასთვის (melastvis)
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| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”)
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მელასებრ (melasebr)
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| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)
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მელასკენ (melasḳen)
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| -გან (-gan, “from/of”)
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მელასგან (melasgan)
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| postpositions taking an instrumental case
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singular
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plural
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| -დან (-dan, “from/since”)
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მელადან (meladan)
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| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”)
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მელათურთ (melaturt)
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| postpositions taking an adverbial case
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singular
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plural
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| -მდე (-mde, “up to”)
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მელამდე (melamde)
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Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “მელა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
