მჭიმა
Laz
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁wim-a- (“rain”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁wim- (“to rain”).
Noun
მჭიმა • (mç̌ima) (Latin spelling mç̌ima)
- rain
- გჲაჲი ბიფხორტი შქულე მჭიმა ქოგჲოჭკუ.
- gyayi bipxorťi şkule mç̌ima kogyoç̌ǩu.
- It started raining while I was eating.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | მჭიმა (mç̌ima) | მჭიმაფე (mç̌imape) |
| ergative | მჭიმაქ (mç̌imak) | მჭიმაფექ (mç̌imapek) |
| dative | მჭიმას (mç̌imas) | მჭიმაფეს (mç̌imapes) |
| genitive | მჭიმაშ(ი) (mç̌imaş(i)) | მჭიმაფეშ(ი) (mç̌imapeş(i)) |
| directive | მჭიმაშე (mç̌imaşe) | მჭიმაფეშე (mç̌imapeşe) |
| ablative | მჭიმაშენ (mç̌imaşen) | მჭიმაფეშენ (mç̌imapeşen) |
| locative | მჭიმას (mç̌imas) | მჭიმაფეს (mç̌imapes) |
| instrumental | მჭიმათენ (mç̌imaten) | მჭიმაფეთენ (mç̌imapeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Further reading
- Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 159
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mç’ima”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 183
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მჭიმა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Marr, N. (1910) “მჭიმა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 225a