უდილ

Svan

Alternative forms

• უ̂იდილ (ûidil)

Etymology

უ- (u-) +‎ და- (da-) +‎ -ილ (-il, diminutive suffix), from Proto-Kartvelian *da-.

Noun

უდილ • (udil) (plural ლაუ̂დილა)

1. sister (relatively to a sister)

Related terms

• და̈ჲ (däy, “sister-in-law”)
• დაჩუ̂ირ (dačûir, “sister (relatively to a brother)”)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “უდილ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 286a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “უდილ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 269a
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “და”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 84a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “უდილ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1625