რუ

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Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian რუჲ (ruy), რუ (ru); see below.

Pronunciation

Noun

რუ (ru) (plural რუები)

  1. runnel

Inflection

Declension of რუ (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative რუ (ru) რუები (ruebi) რუნი (runi)
ergative რუმ (rum) რუებმა (ruebma) რუთ(ა) (rut(a))
dative რუს(ა) (rus(a)) რუებს(ა) (ruebs(a)) რუთ(ა) (rut(a))
genitive რუს(ა) (rus(a)) რუების(ა) (ruebis(a)) რუთ(ა) (rut(a))
instrumental რუთ(ა) (rut(a)) რუებით(ა) (ruebit(a))
adverbial რუდ(ა) (rud(a)) რუებად(ა) (ruebad(a))
vocative რუვ (ruv) რუებო (ruebo) რუნო (runo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of რუ (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) რუზე (ruze) რუებზე (ruebze)
-თან (-tan, near) რუსთან (rustan) რუებთან (ruebtan)
-ში (-ši, in) რუში (ruši) რუებში (ruebši)
-ვით (-vit, like) რუსავით (rusavit) რუებივით (ruebivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) რუსთვის (rustvis) რუებისთვის (ruebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) რუსებრ (rusebr) რუებისებრ (ruebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) რუსკენ (rusḳen) რუებისკენ (ruebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) რუსგან (rusgan) რუებისგან (ruebisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) რუდან (rudan) რუებიდან (ruebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) რუთურთ (ruturt) რუებითურთ (ruebiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) რუმდე (rumde) რუებამდე (ruebamde)

Descendants

  • Bats: რუ (ru), რუვ (ruv)

See also

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Klimov / Khalilov, an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian رود (rud, river, torrent).

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from the older form of Old Armenian առու (aṙu), before the addition of the prothetic ա- (a-)- to it.

Noun

რუ (ru)

  1. runnel

Descendants

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “რუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 349
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 142, 208
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 71-72