ლაყე
Georgian
Etymology
According to Bläsing from Persian لق (laq), لغ (laġ, “an addle egg”), whence also Armenian լակ (lak).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laqʼe/
- Hyphenation: ლა‧ყე
Adjective
indeclinable
ლაყე • (laq̇e) (comparative უფრო ლაყე, superlative ყველაზე ლაყე)
- (of an egg) addle
Inflection
Adjectival declension of ლაყე
| Case | adjective |
|---|---|
| nominative, genitive, instrumental | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
| ergative | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
| dative, adverbial | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
| vocative | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
Derived terms
- ლაყე თავი (laq̇e tavi)
References
- Bläsing, Uwe (2008), “Georgian laq̇e, an 'addle egg' in Kartvelian: Review of a Georgian Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 12, issue 1, pages 45–55
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ლაყე”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 107, together with Laz ლოყა (loqa, “sweet”) derives Proto-Georgian-Zan *laq̣e-