ნივთი
Georgian
Alternative forms
- ნიქვთი (nikvti) – dialectal
Etymology
From Old Georgian ნივთი (nivti), from Old Armenian նիւթ (niwtʿ).[1] For the ვ → ქვ (v → kv) development in the dialectal form compare ქვიშნა (kvišna).[2]
Noun
ნივთი • (nivti) (plural ნივთები)
- thing
Derived terms
- ნივთი თავისთავად (nivti tavistavad)
See also
- საგანი (sagani)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 455b
- Čikobava, Arnold (1946), “Mravlobitis aɣnišvnis ʒiritadi ṗrinciṗisatvis kartuli zmnis uɣvlilebis sisṭemaši [On the principle of marking the plural in the Georgian verb system]”, in Iberiul–ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 125 of 91–130