ყავა

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ყავა

Etymology

From Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʼava/,
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Noun

ყავა (q̇ava) (plural ყავები)

  1. coffee
    ყავა რძით
    q̇ava rʒit
    coffee with milk

Declension

Declension of ყავა (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ყავა (q̇ava) ყავები (q̇avebi) ყავანი (q̇avani)
ergative ყავამ (q̇avam) ყავებმა (q̇avebma) ყავათ(ა) (q̇avat(a))
dative ყავას(ა) (q̇avas(a)) ყავებს(ა) (q̇avebs(a)) ყავათ(ა) (q̇avat(a))
genitive ყავის(ა) (q̇avis(a)) ყავების(ა) (q̇avebis(a)) ყავათ(ა) (q̇avat(a))
instrumental ყავით(ა) (q̇avit(a)) ყავებით(ა) (q̇avebit(a))
adverbial ყავად(ა) (q̇avad(a)) ყავებად(ა) (q̇avebad(a))
vocative ყავავ (q̇avav) ყავებო (q̇avebo) ყავანო (q̇avano)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ყავა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ყავაზე (q̇avaze) ყავებზე (q̇avebze)
-თან (-tan, near) ყავასთან (q̇avastan) ყავებთან (q̇avebtan)
-ში (-ši, in) ყავაში (q̇avaši) ყავებში (q̇avebši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ყავასავით (q̇avasavit) ყავებივით (q̇avebivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ყავისთვის (q̇avistvis) ყავებისთვის (q̇avebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ყავისებრ (q̇avisebr) ყავებისებრ (q̇avebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ყავისკენ (q̇avisḳen) ყავებისკენ (q̇avebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ყავისგან (q̇avisgan) ყავებისგან (q̇avebisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ყავიდან (q̇avidan) ყავებიდან (q̇avebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ყავითურთ (q̇aviturt) ყავებითურთ (q̇avebiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ყავამდე (q̇avamde) ყავებამდე (q̇avebamde)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ղ՛ավա (ġ́ava)
  • Bats: ყავ (q̇av)

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ყავა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press