მეჩამს

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Laz[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From მე- (me-) +‎ ჩ- (ç-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁- (to give; to beat).

Verb[edit]

მეჩამს (meçams) (Latin spelling meçams)

  1. to give
    1. to donate, to leave to someone, to deliver
      ღორმოთიზ ნამექჩუ ნენათე უპარამითი
      ğormotiz namekçu nenate up̌aramiti
      Speak to Allah with the language He has given you(proverb)
    2. to marry someone (usually a girl) to someone
      ე, ბერეჩქიმი! ჰაშო ამაონუგამაონუთე სი მითიქ ბოზო ვარმექჩამს.
      e, bereçkimi! haşo amaonugamaonute si mitik bozo varmekçams.
      Oh, my son! Nobody will give you a girl by wandering up and down like this.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Verbal noun; მეჩამუ (meçamu)
  • If the dative complement of this verb is first person, the preverb becomes მო- (mo-) instead of მე- (me-). Example:
    ჯოღაპი მუდა მომჩამ?
    coğap̌i muda momçam?
    Why don't you answer me?

Further reading[edit]

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