თებო

Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Georgian თებო (tebo), from Old Armenian թեփ (tʻepʻ, “husk; bran; scale of a fish; *dandruff”). The ending -o instead of -i is due to o-stem declension of Armenian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰebo/
• Hyphenation: თე‧ბო

Noun

თებო • (tebo) (uncountable)

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2. dandruff

Inflection

Declension of თებო (see Georgian declension)
	singular	plural	archaic plural
nominative	თებო (tebo)
ergative	თებომ (tebom)
dative	თებოს(ა) (tebos(a))
genitive	თებოს(ა) (tebos(a))
instrumental	თებოთ(ა) (tebot(a))
adverbial	თებოდ(ა) (tebod(a))
vocative	თებოვ (tebov)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of თებო (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case	singular	plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”)	თებოზე (teboze)
-თან (-tan, “near”)	თებოსთან (tebostan)
-ში (-ši, “in”)	თებოში (teboši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”)	თებოსავით (tebosavit)
postpositions taking a genitive case	singular	plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”)	თებოსთვის (tebostvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”)	თებოსებრ (tebosebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)	თებოსკენ (tebosḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”)	თებოსგან (tebosgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case	singular	plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”)	თებოდან (tebodan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”)	თებოთურთ (teboturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case	singular	plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”)	თებომდე (tebomde)

Synonyms

• ქერტლი (kerṭli)

References

• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “თებო”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 135
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թեփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press