ისირი
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ისჷრი (isəri), ისირე (isire), ლისირი (lisiri), ლასჷრი (lasəri)
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *isl-.
Noun
ისირი • (isiri)
- sedge
- Synonym: ხაია (xaia)
- purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)
Derived terms
- ისიროტა (isiroṭa, “bushgrass (Calamagrostis epigejos spp.)”)
Descendants
- → Svan: ისრ (isr)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ისირი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 647
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ისირი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 249a
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 798
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ისირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ისლი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo