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ცეცხლი

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Georgian

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ცეცხლი

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ცეცხლი (cecxli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec₁xl-. Cognate with Mingrelian დაჩხირი (dačxiri) and Laz დაჩხირი (daçxiri).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡sʰe̞t͡sʰχli]
  • Hyphenation: ცეცხ‧ლი

Noun

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ცეცხლი • (cecxli) (uncountable)

  1. fire
  2. (figuratively) heat, ardour

Declension

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Declension of ცეცხლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ცეცხლი (cecxli)
ergative ცეცხლმა (cecxlma)
dative ცეცხლს(ა) (cecxls(a))
genitive ცეცხლის(ა) (cecxlis(a))
instrumental ცეცხლით(ა) (cecxlit(a)) —
adverbial ცეცხლად(ა) (cecxlad(a)) —
vocative ცეცხლო (cecxlo)

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ცეცხლი (see Georgian postpositions)
dative-case postpositions singular plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”) ცეცხლზე (cecxlze)
-თან (-tan, “near”) ცეცხლთან (cecxltan)
-ში (-ši, “in”) ცეცხლში (cecxlši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”) ცეცხლივით (cecxlivit)
genitive-case postpositions singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) ცეცხლისთვის (cecxlistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) ცეცხლისებრ (cecxlisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) ცეცხლისკენ (cecxlisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) ცეცხლისგან (cecxlisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) ცეცხლისადმი (cecxlisadmi)
instrumental-case postpositions singular plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) ცეცხლიდან (cecxlidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) ცეცხლითურთ (cecxliturt)
adverbial-case postpositions singular plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) ცეცხლამდე (cecxlamde)

Derived terms

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See also

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec₁xl-.

Noun

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ცეცხლი • (cecxli)

  1. fire
  2. ember
  3. stove, cooker

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ცეცხლი (cecxli)

References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 280
  • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 614
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 595
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ცეცხლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 515