-ად

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Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ად (-ad)

  1. Adverbial case marker
  2. Derives adverbs from adjectives and numerals
    კარგი (ḳargi, good)კარგად (ḳargad, well)
    პირველი (ṗirveli, first)პირველად (ṗirvelad, firstly)
  3. Derives a distributive number from numbers
  4. Derives a participle number from verbal nouns
    აალება (aaleba, ignition)აალებადი (aalebadi, inflammable)

Usage notes

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  • Suffixed to stems ending with a consonant. For vowel-ended stems see -დ (-d).
  • In spoken language, the letter (d) sometimes sounds like (t), and as a result, that forms are found in literature rarely.

Derived terms

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