აღა
Laz
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).
Noun
აღა • (ağa) (Latin spelling ağa)
- lord, master, agha
- არქაბი წოხლე სუმოთხო აღაზ დოლოქაჩუტუდორენ
- arkabi ǯoxle sumotxo ağaz dolokaçuťudoren
- In the past, Arkabi was owned by three or four aghas
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | აღა (ağa) | აღაფე (ağape) |
| ergative | აღაქ (ağak) | აღაფექ (ağapek) |
| dative | აღას (ağas) | აღაფეს (ağapes) |
| genitive | აღაშ(ი) (ağaş(i)) | აღაფეშ(ი) (ağapeş(i)) |
| directive | აღაშე (ağaşe) | აღაფეშე (ağapeşe) |
| ablative | აღაშენ (ağaşen) | აღაფეშენ (ağapeşen) |
| locative | აღას (ağas) | აღაფეს (ağapes) |
| instrumental | აღათენ (ağaten) | აღაფეთენ (ağapeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ağa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აღა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi