ლაყე

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Georgian

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Etymology

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According to Bläsing from Persian لق (laq), لغ (lağ, an addle egg), whence also Armenian լակ (lak).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laqʼe/, [ɫaχʼe]
  • Hyphenation: ლა‧ყე

Adjective

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ლაყე (laq̇e) (comparative უფრო ლაყე, superlative ყველაზე ლაყე)

  1. (of an egg) addle

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bläsing, Uwe (2008) “Georgian laq̇e, an 'addle egg' in Kartvelian: Review of a Georgian Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 12, number 1, pages 45–55

Further reading

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ლაყე”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 107, together with Laz ლოყა (loqa, sweet) derives Proto-Georgian-Zan *laq̣e-