რძე

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ზეჲ (zey) — Ingilo, Tusheti
• ძე (ʒe) — Adjara

Etymology

From Old Georgian სძჱ (sʒē), from Proto-Kartvelian *lʿʒ₁e-. The ს → რ (s → r) development is regular, compare რთვა (rtva, “spinning”) ← Old Georgian სთვა (stva), სტო ~ რტო (sṭo ~ rṭo, “branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rd͡ze/, [ɾd͡ze]
• Hyphenation: რძე

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Noun

რძე • (rʒe) (uncountable)

1. milk
2. milk (liquid from plant)

Inflection

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Declension of რძე (see Georgian declension)

	singular	plural	archaic plural
nominative	რძე (rʒe)
ergative	რძემ (rʒem)
dative	რძეს(ა) (rʒes(a))
genitive	რძის(ა) (rʒis(a))
instrumental	რძით(ა) (rʒit(a))
adverbial	რძედ(ა) (rʒed(a))
vocative	რძევ (rʒev)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of რძე (see Georgian postpositions)

postpositions taking a dative case	singular	plural
-ზე (on - )	რძეზე (rʒeze)
-თან (near - )	რძესთან (rʒestan)
-ში (in - )	რძეში (rʒeši)
-ვით (like a - )	რძესავით (rʒesavit)
postpositions taking a genitive case	singular	plural
-თვის (for - )	რძისთვის (rʒistvis)
-ებრ (like a - )	რძისებრ (rʒisebr)
-კენ (towards - )	რძისკენ (rʒisḳen)
-გან (from/of - )	რძისგან (rʒisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case	singular	plural
-დან (from / since - )	რძიდან (rʒidan)
-ურთ (together with - )	რძითურთ (rʒiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case	singular	plural
-მდე (up to - )	რძემდე (rʒemde)

Derived terms

• მერძევე (merʒeve)
• ჩიტის რძე (čiṭis rʒe)
• რძეული (rʒeuli)

Further reading

• “ზეჲ”, in Ingilouri leksiḳoni [Ingiloan Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014