აღცრაჲ

From აღ- (aɣ-) +‎ ცრ- (cr-), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *car- ~ *cr-.

აღცრაჲ • (aɣcray)

1. to sift
   • 5th century and later, Bible, Luke 22.31:

     ეშმაკმან გამოგითხოვნა თქუენ აღცრად, ვითარცა იფქლი

     ešmaḳman gamogitxovna tkuen aɣcrad, vitarca ipkli

     Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat

2. to scatter, disperse
   • 10th century, ṗarxlis mravaltavi 774.22-24a:

     ესენი ოდესმე გრძნებდეს და აღიცრეს თითითა ღმრთისაჲთა

     eseni odesme grʒnebdes da aɣicres titita ɣmrtisayta

     They once performed magic and were scattered by the finger of God.

In Luke, corresponds to Old Armenian խարբալեմ (xarbalem) and Ancient Greek σινιάζω (siniázō).

• გაცრაჲ (gacray)
• საცერი (saceri)

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “აღცრა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 24b
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1991) “აღცრა”, in I. Abulaʒe, editor, Leksiḳoni kartuli [Georgian dictionary]‎^[2] (in Georgian), volume I, compiled 1685–1716, Tbilisi: Merani, →ISBN, page 81a
• Ruxaʒe, Grigol (2008) “აღცრა”, in Gvanca Ḳoṗlaṭaʒe, editor, Ʒveli kartuli enis šeertebuli leksiḳoni [United dictionary of Old Georgian]‎^[3] (in Georgian), compiled based on the lexical sources of Il. Abulaʒe, Aḳ. Šaniʒe, Iv. Imnaišvili, S. Q̇auxčišvili, Ḳ. Ḳeḳeliʒe, Z. Sarǯvelaʒe and others, Tbilisi: Patriarchate of Georgia, page 31b
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “აღცრა, აღცრაჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 84b
• Серебряков, Б. Я. (1962) “აღცრა”, in Древнегрузинско-русский словарь (по двум древним редакциям Четвероглава)‎^[4], Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 12a