მწავი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c̣aw-.

Noun

მწავი (mc̣avi)

  1. otter
    • c. 970 CE, Physiologus Chapter XXVIII:
      მწავის მსგავს არს და მტერ არს კორკოდინოს მძჳნვარისა
      mc̣avis msgavs ars da mṭer ars ḳorḳodinos mʒwinvarisa
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Georgian: წავი (c̣avi)

References

  1. ^ Gigineišvili Bakar and Giunašvili Elguǯa, editors (1979), Šaṭberdis ḳrebuli X sauḳunisa (Ʒveli kartuli mc̣erlobis ʒeglebi; 1)‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 188
  2. ^ Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 36

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მწავი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 309a
  • Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 117
  • Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “მწავი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences