მეხი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian, attested as მეხის-ტეხაჲ (mexis-ṭexay, lightning strike), ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *mex-. Cognate with Svan მჷხ (məx, bad weather).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mexi/, [meχi]
  • Hyphenation: მე‧ხი

Noun

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მეხი (mexi) (uncountable)

  1. thunder

Inflection

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Declension of მეხი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative მეხი (mexi)
ergative მეხმა (mexma)
dative მეხს(ა) (mexs(a))
genitive მეხის(ა) (mexis(a))
instrumental მეხით(ა) (mexit(a))
adverbial მეხად(ა) (mexad(a))
vocative მეხო (mexo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of მეხი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) მეხზე (mexze)
-თან (-tan, near) მეხთან (mextan)
-ში (-ši, in) მეხში (mexši)
-ვით (-vit, like) მეხივით (mexivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) მეხისთვის (mexistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) მეხისებრ (mexisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) მეხისკენ (mexisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) მეხისგან (mexisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) მეხიდან (mexidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) მეხითურთ (mexiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) მეხამდე (mexamde)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bats: მეხ (mex)

References

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  1. ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 162–163
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 289

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მეხის-ტეხა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 237a
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “მეხი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “მეხი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[2], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 206b