რკინება

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *rken-, *rkin- (“to fight, wrestle”). Compare possible relation with Old Georgian რკინაჲ (rḳinay).

Noun

რკინება • (rḳineba)

  1. combat, battle

Verbal noun

რკინება • (rḳineba)

  1. verbal noun of ერკინება (erḳineba)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Georgian: შერკინება (šerḳineba), რკინება (rḳineba)
  • → Mingrelian: რკინაფა (rḳinapa) (possibly)

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “რკინება”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 348
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 159
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