ლერსი
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ლერცი (lerci), ლექსი (leksi)
Etymology
From Old Georgian ლექსი (leksi), from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis). რს ← ქს (rs ← ks) is regular.[1]
Noun
ლერსი • (lersi) (plural ლერსეფი)
- lyric, verse, poem
Derived terms
- ლერსუა (lersua)
- მოლერსე (molerse), მელექსე (melekse)
References
- Rogava, Giorgi (1949), “Kartvelur enata bgeratšesaṭq̇visobidan – megr. r : kart. g [From sound correspondences in Kartvelian languages – Mingrelian r : Georgian g]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume X, issue VIII, Tbilisi, pages 503–507
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ლერსი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 767
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ლერსი”, 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 273a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ლერსი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN