ალქატი

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ალქათი (alkati)Fereydan

Etymology

From Old Georgian ალქატი (alkaṭi), from Old Armenian աղքատ (ałkʻat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alkʰatʼi]
  • Hyphenation: ალ‧ქა‧ტი

Adjective

ალქატი • (alkaṭi) (comparative უფრო ალქატი, superlative ყველაზე ალქატი)

  1. (archaic) poor, impoverished
  2. (Fereydan, of land) arid, barren
  3. (Khevsureti, of person's face) grayish, pale

Declension

Adjectival declension of ალქატი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
ალქატი (alkaṭi)
ergative ალქატმა (alkaṭma)
dative, adverbial ალქატ (alkaṭ)
vocative ალქატო (alkaṭo)

Derived terms

  • ალქატი ღომი (alkaṭi ɣomi)

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ალქატი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ალქატი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 4
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղքատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • ალქატი”, in Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi[2] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2014