ნერწყჳ
Old Georgian
Alternative forms
- ნერწყუ (nerc̣q̇u)
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *ne-rc̣₁q̣w-, formed by prefixing the verbal root *rc̣₁q̣w-. Ultimately of same origin as რწყევა (rc̣q̇eva), რწყვა (rc̣q̇va), etc.
Noun
ნერწყჳ • (nerc̣q̇wi)
- spit, saliva
Derived terms
- ნერწყუა (nerc̣q̇ua)
- ნერწყუვა (nerc̣q̇uva)
Descendants
- Georgian: ნერწყვი (nerc̣q̇vi)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 142
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 354
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 392
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ნერწყჳ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 327