კირცხი

Laz

Alternative forms

• კიცხი (ǩiʒxi)

Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian კირცხი (ḳircxi).

Noun

კირცხი • (ǩirʒxi) (plural კირცხეფე)

1. hail (balls of ice)

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 803

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• კჷრცხი (ḳərcxi)

Etymology

Akin to Laz კირცხი (ǩirʒxi).

Noun

კირცხი • (ḳircxi) (plural კირცხეფი)

1. hail (balls of ice)

Descendants

• → Svan: კირცხ (ḳircx)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “კირცხი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 716
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “კირცხი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 259b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 803
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 104–105
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “კირცხი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “კირცხი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN