წიწილი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣ic̣il- (young snake), likely a reduplication of *c̣il-. Cognate with Laz წიწილა (ǯiǯila).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼit͡sʼili/
  • Hyphenation: წი‧წი‧ლი

Noun[edit]

წიწილი (c̣ic̣ili) (plural წიწილები)

  1. a young snake, snakelet
  2. Alternative form of წიწილა (c̣ic̣ila)

Inflection[edit]

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References[edit]

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 296
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 625