ინჯირს

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ი- (i-) +‎ ნჯირ- (ncir-, to sleep) +‎ -ს (-s), Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁in- (to sleep, fall asleep), contamined with the related ნჯირი (nciri).

Verb

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ინჯირს (incirs) (Latin spelling incirs, verbal noun ონჯირუ)

  1. (dialectal, VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala) to lie down, to go to bed, to go to sleep, to lie
    Synonym: დიჯინენ (dicinen)
    მჩხვაფა ტარონეფეზ გვერდი ტეტელი ინჯირნან
    mçxvapa ťaronepez gverdi ťeťeli incirnan
    They lie half naked in hot weather
  2. (dialectal, Atina, VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala) to sleep, to go to sleep
    ქოთუმეფექ სერი ოქოთუმალეზ ინჯირნან
    kotumepek seri okotumalez incirnan
    Chickens sleep in the hen house at night

Usage notes

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  • In Central and Eastern dialects, one verb is used for the "to lie" and "to sleep", but in Western dialects, these two meanings expressed with two verb: დიჯინენ (dicinen, to lie) and ინჯირს (incirs, to sleep).

Further reading

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  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “incirs”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ონჯირუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi