ოგზაფს

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ოგზამს (ogzams)Atina
  • ოგზაჲ (ogzay)Vizha, Artasheni
  • დოგზამს (dogzams)Arkabi
  • დოგზაფს (dogzaps)Khopa

Etymology

From ო- (o-) +‎ გზ- (gz-) +‎ -აფ (-ap) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *guz- (to set on fire).

Verb

ოგზაფს • (ogzaps) (Latin spelling ogzaps) (Chkhala, Batumi)

  1. to start a fire, to make a fire, to fire up, to light a fire
    მან დაჩხერი ვოგზი. ამა ჯუმადიჩქიმითი წკარითენ ხონოსქირინაფს.
    man daçxeri vogzi. ama cumadiçkimiti ǯǩariten xonoskirinaps.
    I started the fire, but my uncle put it out with water.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ogzams/ ogzay (PZ ~ AŞ), ogzaps (AK)(ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოგზაფს”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi