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