კენტი

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʼentʼi]
  • Hyphenation: კენ‧ტი

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Armenian կենտ (kent).[1][2]

Adjective

კენტი • (ḳenṭi) (comparative უფრო კენტი, superlative ყველაზე კენტი)

  1. odd (of numbers)
    Antonym: ლუწი (luc̣i)
Declension
Adjectival declension of კენტი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
კენტი (ḳenṭi)
ergative კენტმა (ḳenṭma)
dative, adverbial კენტ (ḳenṭ)
vocative კენტო (ḳenṭo)
Descendants
  • Bats: კენტ (ḳenṭ)
  • Mingrelian: კენტი (ḳenṭi)
References
  1. ^ Марр, Н. (1915) “Определение языка второй категории Ахеменидских клинообразных надписей по данным яфетического языкознания”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества[1] (in Russian), volumes 22 (1913–1914), Petrograd: Academy Press, pages 57–58
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 583b
Further reading
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “კენტი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 361

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Kent.

Proper noun

კენტი • (ḳenṭi)

  1. Kent (England, modern or historical)

Mingrelian

Etymology 1

From Georgian კენტი (ḳenṭi).

Adjective

კენტი • (ḳenṭi)

  1. odd (of numbers)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “კენტი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 676
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “კენტი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

კენტი • (ḳenṭi)

  1. alternative form of კეტი (ḳeṭi)