გრილა
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Georgian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From გრილი (grili, “cool”) with the verb არს (ars, “to be”). The verb soon turned impersonal and got new screeve forms (გრილოდა (griloda), გრილოდეს (grilodes)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
გრილა • (grila) (third-person singular present indicative)
- (impersonal) to be cool, chilly, fresh, brisk (weather), when it's less than cold and pleasantly so.
- ზაფხულის ბოლოს საღამოობით გრილა ხოლმე.
- zapxulis bolos saɣamoobit grila xolme.
- Late summer evenings are usually chilly.
Synonyms[edit]
- ცივა (civa)
Further reading[edit]
- Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 565, pages 528-530