ლირბი
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Old Armenian լիրբ (lirb). Doublet of ლირფი (lirpi), borrowed later.
Adjective
ლირბი • (lirbi)
- impudent, brazen
Derived terms
- ლირწი (lirc̣i)
- ლირბად (lirbad)
- ლირბობაჲ (lirbobay)
- ლირბებაჲ (lirbebay)
- სილირბეჲ (silirbey)
References
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ლირბი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 209a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “լիրբ”, 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 287a
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “ლირბი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 591b
- Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, page 52