კარგი
Appearance
Georgian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- კაი (ḳai) (syncopated)
- კაქი (ḳaki) (hypocoristic)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Georgian კარგი (ḳargi), from Old Armenian կարգ (karg).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]კარგი • (ḳargi) (comparative უკეთესი, superlative საუკეთესო)
Declension
[edit]| case | adjective |
|---|---|
| nominative, genitive, instrumental |
კარგი (ḳargi) |
| ergative | კარგმა (ḳargma) |
| dative, adverbial | კარგ (ḳarg) |
| vocative | კარგო (ḳargo) |
Derived terms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]კარგი • (ḳargi)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1991), “კარქი”, in I. Abulaʒe, editor, Leksiḳoni kartuli [Georgian dictionary][1] (in Georgian), volume I, compiled 1685–1716, Tbilisi: Merani, →ISBN, page 355b
Old Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian կարգ (karg, “order”). The sense "good" developed via the sense "good order".
Noun
[edit]კარგი • (ḳargi)
Adjective
[edit]კარგი • (ḳargi)
Descendants
[edit]- Georgian: კარგი (ḳargi), კაი (ḳai) (syncopated), კაქი (ḳaki) (hypocoristic)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973), “կարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 548b
- Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003), Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 353
- Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910), “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée[2] (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 252 of 233–270
Further reading
[edit]- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “კარგი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 551b
Categories:
- Georgian terms inherited from Old Georgian
- Georgian terms derived from Old Georgian
- Georgian terms derived from Old Armenian
- Georgian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Georgian lemmas
- Georgian adjectives
- Georgian interjections
- Old Georgian terms borrowed from Old Armenian
- Old Georgian terms derived from Old Armenian
- Old Georgian lemmas
- Old Georgian nouns
- Old Georgian adjectives