პატულჲა

Laz

Alternative forms

• პატული (p̌aťuli)

Etymology

From Pontic Greek πατούλα̤ (patoúlä), the plural of πατούλ' (patoúl'), πατούλιν (patoúlin). The form პატული (p̌aťuli) is from the singular.

Noun

პატულჲა • (p̌aťulya) (Atina)

1. snowflake

Derived terms

• მაპატულე (map̌aťule), მაფათულე (mapatule, “mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)”) (possibly)

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 843b
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 384b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “პატული”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi