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Georgian
Etymology
Most probably a learned borrowing from Old Georgian. A noun-verb compound from Old Georgian ძალი (ʒali, “power, strength; capability”) and უძს (uʒs, “to have”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ძა‧ლუძს
Verb
ძალუძს • (ʒaluʒs) (third-person singular present mediopassive indicative)
- (rare) to be able, capable (of doing something; mostly physically)
- William Shakespeare, King Lear, translated by I. Machabeli and I. Chavchavadze
თუმცა შენდამი, გონერილავ, დიდს სიყვარულს ვგრძნობ, მაგრამ არ ძალმიძს ამ საქმეში მე შენ მოგკერძო.- tumca šendami, gonerilav, dids siq̇varuls vgrʒnob, magram ar ʒalmiʒs am sakmeši me šen mogḳerʒo.
- I cannot be so partial, Goneril, to the great love I bear you.
Usage notes
This verb is mostly used in negative to state what you're definitely not able to do. Now, often used in a jocular way to say 'extremely incapable of doing' with the particle არ.