ნეხვი

Georgian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan derives from Old Armenian նեխ (nex, “rottenness; rotten”),^[1] but according to Vogt the borrowing is in the opposite direction.^[2]

Possibly a Proto-Georgian-Zan *nexw- is reconstructible, with Old Georgian სა-ნეხუ-ე-ჲ (sa-nexu-e-y, “garbage, garbage heap”), Mingrelian სა-ნახვ-ერ-ო (sa-naxv-er-o, “dung heap”) as cognates.^[3]

Note also Chechen нех (nex), Ingush нувх (nuvx, “garbage”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [neχʷi]
Hyphenation: ნეხ‧ვი

Noun

ნეხვი • (nexvi) (uncountable)

dung
Synonyms: ფუნა (puna), ნაკელი (naḳeli), პატივი (ṗaṭivi)

Declension

Declension of ნეხვი (see Georgian declension)
	singular	archaic plural
nominative	ნეხვი (nexvi)
ergative	ნეხვმა (nexvma)
dative	ნეხვს(ა) (nexvs(a))
genitive	ნეხვის(ა) (nexvis(a))
instrumental	ნეხვით(ა) (nexvit(a))	—
adverbial	ნეხვად(ა) (nexvad(a))	—
vocative	ნეხვო (nexvo)

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ნეხვი (see Georgian postpositions)
dative-case postpositions	singular	plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”)	ნეხვზე (nexvze)
-თან (-tan, “near”)	ნეხვთან (nexvtan)
-ში (-ši, “in”)	ნეხვში (nexvši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”)	ნეხვივით (nexvivit)

genitive-case postpositions	singular	plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”)	ნეხვისთვის (nexvistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”)	ნეხვისებრ (nexvisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)	ნეხვისკენ (nexvisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”)	ნეხვისგან (nexvisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”)	ნეხვისადმი (nexvisadmi)

instrumental-case postpositions	singular	plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”)	ნეხვიდან (nexvidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”)	ნეხვითურთ (nexviturt)

adverbial-case postpositions	singular	plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”)	ნეხვამდე (nexvamde)

References

^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ნეხვი”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 438–439
^ Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 333 of 321–338
^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 319

[1] Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ნეხვი”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 438–439

[2] Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 333 of 321–338

[3] Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 319

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