ღლეპი
Laz
Etymology
Noun
ღლეპი • (ğlep̌i) (Latin spelling ğlep̌i) (Arkabi)
- saliva, spittle
- (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa) moss growing on stones at the bottom of flowing water, slippery liquid formed on some stones due to contact with water.
- Synonyms: ჲოსუნი (yosuni), ღამფო (ğampo)
- (Chkhala) mucus secreted by cows in heat
- Synonyms: ლერწი (lerǯi), ლეპი (lep̌i), ლეპრი (lep̌ri)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ღლეპი (ğlep̌i) | ღლეპეფე (ğlep̌epe) |
| ergative | ღლეპიქ (ğlep̌ik) | ღლეპეფექ (ğlep̌epek) |
| dative | ღლეპის (ğlep̌is) | ღლეპეფეს (ğlep̌epes) |
| genitive | ღლეპიშ(ი) (ğlep̌iş(i)) | ღლეპეფეშ(ი) (ğlep̌epeş(i)) |
| directive | ღლეპიშე (ğlep̌işe) | ღლეპეფეშე (ğlep̌epeşe) |
| ablative | ღლეპიშენ (ğlep̌işen) | ღლეპეფეშენ (ğlep̌epeşen) |
| locative | ღლეპის (ğlep̌is) | ღლეპეფეს (ğlep̌epes) |
| instrumental | ღლეპითენ (ğlep̌iten) | ღლეპეფეთენ (ğlep̌epeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Derived terms
- ღლეპონი (ğlep̌oni, “covered with moss (in flowing water)”)
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğlep’i”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 364a