დიჭინ

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From დო- (do-) +‎ ი- (i-) +‎ ჭირ- (ç̌ir-) +‎ -ნ (-n). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *č̣ir- (to need; to suffer a misfortune). Cognate with Svan ლიჭკჷრე (lič̣ḳəre).

Verb

დიჭინ • (diç̌in) (Latin spelling diç̌in) (Vizha)

  1. to be necessary
    Synonym: დიჭირს (diç̌irs)
    ალიში ბერე ნოღაშა იდასი ბაბა-მუში ნა-ვარ-დიჭინ ა მუთი ეჲოჭოფინაფაჲ.
    alişi bere noğaşa idasi baba-muşi na-var-diç̌in a muti eyoç̌opinapay.
    When Ali's son goes to town, he makes his father buy something unnecessary (that is not neccesary).

Usage notes

  • As its subject is inanimate, this verb has only 3rd person forms. It is one of rare exceptions among stative verbs : it has both perfective and imperfective optative moods.
  • Basic forms of imperfective optative mood (first one in the declension table second one is perfective optative mood) are not observed in real conversations : they are deduced from prohibito-optative mood forms, future tense forms etc.
  • Two forms of future tense are not synonymous. Imperfective future tense means : « it is possible that it will be necessary », while the perfective future tense means : « it is sure that it will be necessary ».

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “diç’in (ÇM), diç’ç’in (AŞ-Ok’ordule), diç’ç’in/ diç’ç’iren (AŞ-Ortaalan)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)