ღლეპა
Laz
Alternative forms
- ღლეფა (ğlepa) — Vitse
Noun
ღლეპა • (ğlep̌a) (Latin spelling ğlep̌a) (Vitse)
- green shell of nuts such as walnuts etc.
- Synonym: ღამფო (ğampo)
- ნეძიში ღლეპაქ ხე ოუჩანამს.
- neżişi ğlep̌ak xe ouçanams.
- The colour of the green shell of the walnut darkens (man's) hand
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ღლეპა (ğlep̌a) | ღლეპაფე (ğlep̌ape) |
| ergative | ღლეპაქ (ğlep̌ak) | ღლეპაფექ (ğlep̌apek) |
| dative | ღლეპას (ğlep̌as) | ღლეპაფეს (ğlep̌apes) |
| genitive | ღლეპაშ(ი) (ğlep̌aş(i)) | ღლეპაფეშ(ი) (ğlep̌apeş(i)) |
| directive | ღლეპაშე (ğlep̌aşe) | ღლეპაფეშე (ğlep̌apeşe) |
| ablative | ღლეპაშენ (ğlep̌aşen) | ღლეპაფეშენ (ğlep̌apeşen) |
| locative | ღლეპას (ğlep̌as) | ღლეპაფეს (ğlep̌apes) |
| instrumental | ღლეპათენ (ğlep̌aten) | ღლეპაფეთენ (ğlep̌apeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Descendants
(or from ღალამფა (ğalampa))
- →? Armenian: (Trabzon) ղալաբ (ġalab), (Hamshen) ղալափա (ġalapʻa), (Hamshen) ղօլօփա (ġōlōpʻa)
- →? Turkish: ğalapa, ğelap — Hemşin
References
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğlepa/ ğlep’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Marr, N. (1910) “ღლეპა”, 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 201a
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) “Review of Н. Марр. — Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка. С. П. 1910”, in Ararat[2] (in Armenian), volume 45, number 5, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, § 54, page 419 of 414–420, compares to Armenian կլեպ (klep),
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կեղև”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 569a, derives from a group of Armenian words which he believes are all related and derive ultimately from Syriac: կեղև (kełew), կլեպ (klep), ղալաբ (ġalab)