ზდიმს

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ზდუმს (zdums)Chanapeti
  • ზდიფს (zdips)Khopa

Etymology

From ზდ- (zd-) +‎ -იმ (-im) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *zid- (to drag, pull).

Verb

ზდიმს • (zdims) (Latin spelling zdims) (Arkabi)

  1. to bear, to transport, to carry
    Synonym: თორუჲ (toruy)
    ნთხირეფუნას ნაფქოსუმტით ჩაჩი ფაცხათე ბზდიმტით
    ntxirepunas napkosumťit çaçi paʒxate bzdimťit
    We used to carry the dry leaves that we swept in the hazelnut grove (very spaced) in a basket
  2. to suffer
    Synonym: თორუჲ (toruy)
    დამთირექ ნუსაში დერდი ვარზდიმს
    damtirek nusaşi derdi varzdims
    Mother-in-laws don't suffer from bride's troubles(proverb)

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “zdims/ zdips”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოზდუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi