სისხამი
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Georgian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Kartvelian *s₁us₁xam- (“early”), cognate with Svan შუშხუ̂ა̈მ (šušxûäm, “New Year's Eve”).[1][2]
Adjective[edit]
Adjectival declension of სისხამი
სისხამი • (sisxami) (not comparable)
- early (of morning)
Usage notes[edit]
Used only with დილა (dila, “morning”); see სისხამ დილით (sisxam dilit), დილა სისხამი (dila sisxami).
References[edit]
- ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 311
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 387
Further reading[edit]
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “სისხამი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press