რუ
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Georgian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- რუვი (ruvi)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Georgian რუჲ (ruy), რუ (ru); see below.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Declension of რუ (see Georgian declension) | |||
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singular | plural | archaic plural | |
nominative | რუ (ru) | რუები (ruebi) | რუნი (runi) |
ergative | რუმ (rum) | რუებმა (ruebma) | რუთ(ა) (rut(a)) |
dative | რუს(ა) (rus(a)) | რუებს(ა) (ruebs(a)) | რუთ(ა) (rut(a)) |
genitive | რუს(ა) (rus(a)) | რუების(ა) (ruebis(a)) | რუთ(ა) (rut(a)) |
instrumental | რუთ(ა) (rut(a)) | რუებით(ა) (ruebit(a)) | |
adverbial | რუდ(ა) (rud(a)) | რუებად(ა) (ruebad(a)) | |
vocative | რუვ (ruv) | რუებო (ruebo) | რუნო (runo) |
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. |
Postpositional inflection of რუ (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
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postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
-ზე (-ze, “on”) | რუზე (ruze) | რუებზე (ruebze) |
-თან (-tan, “near”) | რუსთან (rustan) | რუებთან (ruebtan) |
-ში (-ši, “in”) | რუში (ruši) | რუებში (ruebši) |
-ვით (-vit, “like”) | რუსავით (rusavit) | რუებივით (ruebivit) |
postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) | რუსთვის (rustvis) | რუებისთვის (ruebistvis) |
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | რუსებრ (rusebr) | რუებისებრ (ruebisebr) |
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | რუსკენ (rusḳen) | რუებისკენ (ruebisḳen) |
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) | რუსგან (rusgan) | რუებისგან (ruebisgan) |
postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) | რუდან (rudan) | რუებიდან (ruebidan) |
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | რუთურთ (ruturt) | რუებითურთ (ruebiturt) |
postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) | რუმდე (rumde) | რუებამდე (ruebamde) |
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]Old Georgian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- რუჲ (ruy)
Etymology
[edit]According to Klimov / Khalilov, an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian رود (rud, “river, torrent”).
According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from the older form of Old Armenian առու (aṙu), before the addition of the prothetic ա- (a-)- to it.
Noun
[edit]რუ • (ru)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “რუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 349
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
- 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, pages 142, 208
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 71-72
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