თოში

თოში

Georgian

Alternative forms

• თოშა (toša)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *toš-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰoʃi/
• Hyphenation: თო‧ში

Noun

თოში • (toši) (uncountable)

1. slush, floe
2. (Khevsureti, botany) leaves of Caucasian rhododendron (for dyeing)

Inflection

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Declension of თოში (see Georgian declension)

	singular	plural	archaic plural
nominative	თოში (toši)
ergative	თოშმა (tošma)
dative	თოშს(ა) (tošs(a))
genitive	თოშის(ა) (tošis(a))
instrumental	თოშით(ა) (tošit(a))
adverbial	თოშად(ა) (tošad(a))
vocative	თოშო (tošo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of თოში (see Georgian postpositions)

postpositions taking a dative case	singular	plural
-ზე (on - )	თოშზე (tošze)
-თან (near - )	თოშთან (toštan)
-ში (in - )	თოშში (tošši)
-ვით (like a - )	თოშივით (tošivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case	singular	plural
-თვის (for - )	თოშისთვის (tošistvis)
-ებრ (like a - )	თოშისებრ (tošisebr)
-კენ (towards - )	თოშისკენ (tošisḳen)
-გან (from/of - )	თოშისგან (tošisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case	singular	plural
-დან (from / since - )	თოშიდან (tošidan)
-ურთ (together with - )	თოშითურთ (tošiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case	singular	plural
-მდე (up to - )	თოშამდე (tošamde)

Descendants

• → Armenian: թոշ (tʿoš), թորշ (tʿorš)
• → Laz: თოში (toşi)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թոշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 197a
• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “თოში”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974), “თოში”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 251