კაწახი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian კაწახი (ḳac̣axi, vinegar; unripe (grape)). Compare Old Armenian քացախ (kʻacʻax, vinegar) and Georgian კოწახი (ḳoc̣axi, sour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʼat͡sʼaχi]
  • Hyphenation: კა‧წა‧ხი

Adjective

კაწახი • (ḳac̣axi) (not comparable)

  1. (of a fruit) unripe

Declension

Adjectival declension of კაწახი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
კაწახი (ḳac̣axi)
ergative კაწახმა (ḳac̣axma)
dative, adverbial კაწახ (ḳac̣ax)
vocative კაწახო (ḳac̣axo)

See also

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კაწახი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 194
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 565b