ბულეკი

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Middle Armenian բողկ (boġk).

Noun

ბულეკი • (buleǩi) (Latin spelling buleǩi) (VitseArkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

  1. radish
    Synonym: თარგამი (targami)
    ბულეკი აღუ სთერი ნკოლო რენ. ვარიჭკომენ.
    buleǩi ağu steri nǩolo ren. variç̌ǩomen.
    Radish is bitter like poison. It is inedible.

Declension

Declension of ბულეკი (buleǩi) (see Laz declension)
singular plural
absolutive ბულეკი (buleǩi) ბულეკეფე (buleǩepe)
ergative ბულეკიქ (buleǩik) ბულეკეფექ (buleǩepek)
dative ბულეკის (buleǩis) ბულეკეფეს (buleǩepes)
genitive ბულეკიშ(ი) (buleǩiş(i)) ბულეკეფეშ(ი) (buleǩepeş(i))
directive ბულეკიშე (buleǩişe) ბულეკეფეშე (buleǩepeşe)
ablative ბულეკიშენ (buleǩişen) ბულეკეფეშენ (buleǩepeşen)
locative ბულეკის (buleǩis) ბულეკეფეს (buleǩepes)
instrumental ბულეკითენ (buleǩiten) ბულეკეფეთენ (buleǩepeten)

Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բողկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “bulek’i”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 12
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ბულეკი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბულეკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Georgian ბოლოკი (boloḳi), Middle Armenian բողկ (boġk), see the latter for more.

Noun

ბულეკი • (buleḳi) (plural ბულეკეფი)

  1. radish
    Synonym: რედისკა (redisḳa)

Descendants

  • Svan: ბულეკ (buleḳ)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბულეკი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 131
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბულეკი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 208a
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 778
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბულეკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ბოლოკი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[5], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo