თბილა

Georgian

Etymology

From თბილი (tbili, “warm”) with the verb არს (ars, “to be”). The verb soon turned impersonal and got new screeve forms (თბილოდა (tbiloda), თბილოდეს (tbilodes)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʰbiɫa]
  • Hyphenation: თბი‧ლა

Verb

თბილა • (tbila) (third-person singular present indicative)

  1. (impersonal) to be warm (weather), when it's less than hot and pleasantly so
    Synonym: ცხელა (cxela)
    Antonyms: ცივა (civa), ყინავს (q̇inavs)
    დღეს მზიანი ამინდია და თბილა.
    dɣes mziani amindia da tbila.
    It is sunny and warm today.

Further reading

  • Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, § 565, pages 528-530
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