ცა̈გ

ცა̈გ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ცაგ (cag)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *cag-[1] or *ciḳ-[2].

Compare also Armenian ցաք (cʿakʿ), Old Armenian ցաք-ի (cʿakʿ-i).

Noun

ცა̈გ • (cäg)

1. thorn, prickle, spike

Further reading

• Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ცა̈გ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1872
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 370—371
• Kiria, Č̣.; Ezugbaia, L.; Memišiši, O.; Čuxua, M. (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 870

References

1. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 553
2. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 266