ლავ

Bats

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *lawa. Cognates include Ingush лоа (loa) and Chechen ло̄ (loo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lav/
  • Hyphenation: ლავ
  • Rhymes: -av

Noun

ლავ (lavclass dd

  1. snow

Declension

Declension of ლავ (type 1/ლავ (lav), no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ლავ (lav) ლავი (lavi)
genitive ლავეჼ (lavẽ) ლავაჼ (lavã)
ergative ლავევ (lavev) ლავივ (laviv)
dative ლავენ (laven) ლავინ (lavin)

References

  • Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 154b
  • Gagua, Rusudan (1961) “Склонение имён существительных в бацбийском языке [Declension of nouns in the Bats language]”, in Bokaryov, Yevgeny, editor, Вопросы изучения иберийско-кавказских языков[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, page 78
  • Kadagiʒe, Davit, Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984) “ლავ”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[2], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 335a
  • Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022) “ლავ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 106