რკინა
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რკინა
Georgian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Georgian რკინაჲ (rḳinay); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
რკინა • (rḳina) (uncountable)
- (uncountable) iron (metal)
- (uncountable, chemistry) iron (chemical element)
- any weapon made out of iron
Inflection
| Declension of რკინა (see Georgian declension) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
| nominative | რკინა (rḳina) | ||
| ergative | რკინამ (rḳinam) | ||
| dative | რკინას(ა) (rḳinas(a)) | ||
| genitive | რკინის(ა) (rḳinis(a)) | ||
| instrumental | რკინით(ა) (rḳinit(a)) | ||
| adverbial | რკინად(ა) (rḳinad(a)) | ||
| vocative | რკინავ (rḳinav) | ||
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
| Postpositional inflection of რკინა (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
|---|---|---|
| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
| -ზე (-ze, “on”) | რკინაზე (rḳinaze) | |
| -თან (-tan, “near”) | რკინასთან (rḳinastan) | |
| -ში (-ši, “in”) | რკინაში (rḳinaši) | |
| -ვით (-vit, “like”) | რკინასავით (rḳinasavit) | |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (-tvis, “for”) | რკინისთვის (rḳinistvis) | |
| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | რკინისებრ (rḳinisebr) | |
| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | რკინისკენ (rḳinisḳen) | |
| -გან (-gan, “from/of”) | რკინისგან (rḳinisgan) | |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (-dan, “from/since”) | რკინიდან (rḳinidan) | |
| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | რკინითურთ (rḳiniturt) | |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (-mde, “up to”) | რკინამდე (rḳinamde) | |
Derived terms
- რკინის უღელი (rḳinis uɣeli)
- რკინის ხანა (rḳinis xana)
- რკინის წყალი (rḳinis c̣q̇ali)
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “რკინა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
- “კინაჲ”, in Ingilouri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014