წვრილმანი

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Georgian

Etymology

Marr says, that the word is formed from წვრილი (c̣vrili, small; thin) and suffix -მან which, as he states, comes from Armenian մանր (manr, small).
Shanidze denies this and says the word is formed from reduplicating წვრილი (c̣vrili): წვრ consonant cluster turning into მ, and ლ dissimilating into ნ. Compare კუჭმაჭი (ḳuč̣mač̣i), ძველმანი (ʒvelmani).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: წვრილ‧მა‧ნი

Adjective

წვრილმანი (c̣vrilmani) (comparative უფრო წვრილმანი, superlative ყველაზე წვრილმანი)

  1. hairsplitting, meticulous, peddling, pettifogging, petty, piddling, potty, trifling, minutiae, straw, trifle, trivia

Declension

Adjectival declension of წვრილმანი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
წვრილმანი (c̣vrilmani)
ergative წვრილმანმა (c̣vrilmanma)
dative, adverbial წვრილმან (c̣vrilman)
vocative წვრილმანო (c̣vrilmano)

References

Marr, N. Ja. (1935) Избранные работы (in Russian), volume V, Leningrad, Moscow: Государственное социально-экономическое издательство, page 18
Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 149