მცირე

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მცირჱ (mcirē), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cir-[1] or from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mcire- (“little, small”).[2] Cognate with Mingrelian ცირა (cira, “girl; daughter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mt͡sʰiɾe]
  • Hyphenation: მცი‧რე

Adjective

მცირე • (mcire) (indeclinable, comparative უფრო მცირე, superlative უმცირესი)

  1. small, insignificant
    Synonym: პატარა (ṗaṭara)
    Antonym: დიდი (didi)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 561
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 129
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