რძე

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian სძჱ (sʒē), from Proto-Kartvelian *lʿʒ₁e-. The ს → რ (s → r) development is regular, compare რთვა (rtva, spinning) ← Old Georgian სთვა (stva), სტო ~ რტო (sṭo ~ rṭo, branch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾd͡ze]
  • Hyphenation: რძე
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

რძე • (rʒe) (uncountable)

  1. milk
  2. milk (liquid from plant)

Declension

Declension of რძე (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative რძე (rʒe)
ergative რძემ (rʒem)
dative რძეს(ა) (rʒes(a))
genitive რძის(ა) (rʒis(a))
instrumental რძით(ა) (rʒit(a))
adverbial რძედ(ა) (rʒed(a))
vocative რძევ (rʒev)

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of რძე (see Georgian postpositions)
dative-case postpositions singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) რძეზე (rʒeze)
-თან (-tan, near) რძესთან (rʒestan)
-ში (-ši, in) რძეში (rʒeši)
-ვით (-vit, like) რძესავით (rʒesavit)
genitive-case postpositions singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) რძისთვის (rʒistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) რძისებრ (rʒisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) რძისკენ (rʒisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) რძისგან (rʒisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) რძისადმი (rʒisadmi)
instrumental-case postpositions singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) რძიდან (rʒidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) რძითურთ (rʒiturt)
adverbial-case postpositions singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) რძემდე (rʒemde)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ზეჲ”, in Ingilouri leksiḳoni [Ingiloan Dictionary]‎[1] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014