ქერი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ქერი (keri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʰeɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ქე‧რი

Noun

ქერი • (keri) (uncountable)

  1. barley

Declension

Declension of ქერი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ქერი (keri)
ergative ქერმა (kerma)
dative ქერს(ა) (kers(a))
genitive ქერის(ა) (keris(a))
instrumental ქერით(ა) (kerit(a))
adverbial ქერად(ა) (kerad(a))
vocative ქერო (kero)

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ქერი (see Georgian postpositions)
dative-case postpositions singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ქერზე (kerze)
-თან (-tan, near) ქერთან (kertan)
-ში (-ši, in) ქერში (kerši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ქერივით (kerivit)
genitive-case postpositions singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ქერისთვის (keristvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ქერისებრ (kerisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ქერისკენ (kerisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ქერისგან (kerisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ქერისადმი (kerisadmi)
instrumental-case postpositions singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ქერიდან (keridan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ქერითურთ (keriturt)
adverbial-case postpositions singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ქერამდე (keramde)

Derived terms

  • ქერის ორმოში ზის (keris ormoši zis)

Descendants

  • Abkhaz: а-қьар (a-kʲar)

See also

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქერი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ქერი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Georgian ქერი (keri).

Noun

ქერი • (keri) (Latin spelling keri) (KhopaBatumi, Arkabi)

  1. barley
    Synonym: არფა (arpa)

Further reading

  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “კერი”, in “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 366, compares Old Armenian գարի (gari)
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 158
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ქერი”, 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 197a, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ქერი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Georgian ქერი (keri).

Noun

ქერი • (keri)

  1. barley

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 158
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1508
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქერი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 342b, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)

Old Georgian

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian գարի (gari).

Noun

ქერი • (keri)

  1. barley

Descendants

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქერი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[4] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 452b
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 158
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)