ფისი
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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian ფისი (pisi). See it for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
ფისი • (pisi) (uncountable)
Declension
| Declension of ფისი (see Georgian declension) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
| nominative | ფისი (pisi) | ||
| ergative | ფისმა (pisma) | ||
| dative | ფისს(ა) (piss(a)) | ||
| genitive | ფისის(ა) (pisis(a)) | ||
| instrumental | ფისით(ა) (pisit(a)) | ||
| adverbial | ფისად(ა) (pisad(a)) | ||
| vocative | ფისო (piso) | ||
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
| Postpositional inflection of ფისი (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
|---|---|---|
| postpositions taking the dative case | singular | plural |
| -ზე (-ze, “on”) | ფისზე (pisze) | |
| -თან (-tan, “near”) | ფისთან (pistan) | |
| -ში (-ši, “in”) | ფისში (pisši) | |
| -ვით (-vit, “like”) | ფისივით (pisivit) | |
| postpositions taking the genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (-tvis, “for”) | ფისისთვის (pisistvis) | |
| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | ფისისებრ (pisisebr) | |
| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | ფისისკენ (pisisḳen) | |
| -გან (-gan, “from/of”) | ფისისგან (pisisgan) | |
| -ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) | ფისისადმი (pisisadmi) | |
| postpositions taking the instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (-dan, “from/since”) | ფისიდან (pisidan) | |
| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | ფისითურთ (pisiturt) | |
| postpositions taking the adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (-mde, “up to”) | ფისამდე (pisamde) | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ფისი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
Old Georgian
Etymology
Uncertain. Akin to Mingrelian ფირსა (pirsa), Laz ფისა (pisa), Svan ფისე (pise). Perhaps borrowed from Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa) or some other Indo-European word related to it.
Noun
ფისი • (pisi)
Derived terms
- ფისოვანებაჲ (pisovanebay)
- მოფისვა (mopisva)
Descendants
- Georgian: ფისი (pisi)
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ფისი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 445b
- Abajev, V. I. (1973) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 242
- Bielmeier, Roland (1994) “Sprachkontakte nördlich und südlich des Kaukasus”, in Roland Bielmeier, Reinhard Stempel, editors, Indogermanica et Caucasica: Festschrift für Karl Horst Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag (in German), Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 442 of 427–446
- Klimov, G. A. (1970) “О некоторых словарных общностях картвельских и нахско-дагестанских языков [On some common vocabulary in Kartvelian and Nakh-Daghestanian languages]”, in Этимология, Moscow: Nauka, page 355 of 349–355
- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ფისი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1257b