ოგზაფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ოგზამს (ogzams) — Atina
• ოგზაჲ (ogzay) — Vizha, Artasheni
• დოგზამს (dogzams) — Arkabi
• დოგზაფს (dogzaps) — Khopa

Etymology

From ო- (o-) +‎ გზ- (gz-) +‎ -აფ (-ap) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *gz- (“to kindle, set fire”).

Verb

ოგზაფს • (ogzaps) (Latin spelling ogzaps) (Chkhala, Batumi)

1. to start a fire, to make a fire, to fire up, to light a fire

   მან დაჩხერი ვოგზი. ამა ჯუმადიჩქიმითი წკარითენ ხონოსქირინაფს.

   man daçxeri vogzi. ama cumadiçkimiti ǯǩariten xonoskirinaps.

   I started the fire, but my uncle put it out with water.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ogzams/ ogzay (PZ ~ AŞ), ogzaps (AK)(ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოგზაფს”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi