-ად
Georgian
Alternative forms
- -დ (-d)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ɑd/
Suffix
-ად • (-ad)
- Adverbial case marker
- Derives adverbs from adjectives and numerals
- კარგი (ḳargi, “good”) → კარგად (ḳargad, “well”)
- პირველი (ṗirveli, “first”) → პირველად (ṗirvelad, “firstly”)
- Derives a distributive number from numbers
- Derives a participle number from verbal nouns
- აალება (aaleba, “ignition”) → აალებადი (aalebadi, “inflammable”)
Usage notes
- Suffixed to stems ending with a consonant. For vowel-ended stems see -დ (-d).
- In spoken language, the letter დ (d) sometimes sounds like თ (t), and as a result, that forms are found in literature rarely.
Derived terms
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