ღარიბი

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb, outside(r), strange(r)). Doublet of ყარიბი (q̇aribi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁaɾibi]
  • Hyphenation: ღა‧რი‧ბი

Adjective

ღარიბი • (ɣaribi) (comparative უფრო ღარიბი, superlative უღარიბესი)

  1. with little or no possessions or money, poor, destitute, impecunious, poverty-stricken, pauper
  2. (by extension) Lacking something, destitute, poor
  3. undeveloped
  4. (figuratively) seldom, rare

Declension

Adjectival declension of ღარიბი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
ღარიბი (ɣaribi)
ergative ღარიბმა (ɣaribma)
dative, adverbial ღარიბ (ɣarib)
vocative ღარიბო (ɣaribo)

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References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ღარიბი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press