კვესი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Georgian კუესი (ḳuesi), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳwes- (to strike fire).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kʼvesi/, [kʼʷesi]
  • Hyphenation: კვე‧სი

Noun[edit]

კვესი (ḳvesi) (plural კვესები)

  1. piece of steel used to make a fire by striking it with a flint, a firestriker

Inflection[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “კვესი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press