იფ

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipʰ/, /if/

Interjection

იფ • (ip)

1. expression of delight, most often in response to something delicious or beautiful

Usage notes

For emphasis, the vowel can be reduplicated, as in იიიფ (iiip); the consonant can be reduplicated, as in იფფფ (ippp) (indicating a pronunciation with /f/); or the entire interjection can be repeated, as in იფ იფ იფ (ip ip ip).

Svan

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ip-. Doublet of იფნა (ipna).

Noun

იფ • (ip)

1. ash tree

   Synonym: ლა̈ჯრა (läǯra)

References

• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “იფანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo