ფენწე

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Mingrelian ფერწო (perc̣o), see there for more.

Noun

ფენწე • (penǯe) (Latin spelling penǯe) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

  1. snail, slug
    1. (Atina, Artasheni, Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) general name for shelled and shell-less snails
      მჭიმა შქულე გალე ფენწეფე ბუზუნან.
      mç̌ima şkule gale penǯepe buzunan.
      After the rain, slugs crawl around outside.
    2. (Vizha) snail without a shell

Declension

Declension of ფენწე (penǯe) (see Laz declension)
singular plural
absolutive ფენწე (penǯe) ფენწეფე (penǯepe)
ergative ფენწექ (penǯek) ფენწეფექ (penǯepek)
dative ფენწეს (penǯes) ფენწეფეს (penǯepes)
genitive ფენწეშ(ი) (penǯeş(i)) ფენწეფეშ(ი) (penǯepeş(i))
directive ფენწეშე (penǯeşe) ფენწეფეშე (penǯepeşe)
ablative ფენწეშენ (penǯeşen) ფენწეფეშენ (penǯepeşen)
locative ფენწეს (penǯes) ფენწეფეს (penǯepes)
instrumental ფენწეთენ (penǯeten) ფენწეფეთენ (penǯepeten)

Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 295
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ფერწო-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 842
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ფენწე”, 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 198b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ფეწო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi