ღორმოთი
Laz
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣamort-.
Noun
ღორმოთი • (ğormoti) (Latin spelling ğormoti) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)
- supernatural being in the ancient beliefs of the Laz, god
Proper noun
ღორმოთი • (ğormoti) (Latin spelling Ğormoti) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)
- (neologism) God in monotheistic religions, Allah
- Synonym: თანგრი (tangri)
- გურონიზ ღორმოთიქ ნუშველს
- Guroniz Ğormotik nuşvels
- God helps the brave (If you start with courage, you will succeed with cooperation)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ღორმოთი (ğormoti) | ღორმოთეფე (ğormotepe) |
| ergative | ღორმოთიქ (ğormotik) | ღორმოთეფექ (ğormotepek) |
| dative | ღორმოთის (ğormotis) | ღორმოთეფეს (ğormotepes) |
| genitive | ღორმოთიშ(ი) (ğormotiş(i)) | ღორმოთეფეშ(ი) (ğormotepeş(i)) |
| directive | ღორმოთიშე (ğormotişe) | ღორმოთეფეშე (ğormotepeşe) |
| ablative | ღორმოთიშენ (ğormotişen) | ღორმოთეფეშენ (ğormotepeşen) |
| locative | ღორმოთის (ğormotis) | ღორმოთეფეს (ğormotepes) |
| instrumental | ღორმოთითენ (ğormotiten) | ღორმოთეფეთენ (ğormotepeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Further reading
- Hervás, Lorenzo (1787) Vocabolario poligloto, con prolegomeni sopra più di CL lingue (in Italian), Cesena: Gregorio Biasini, § 73, page 68, records as gormoti, ormoti
- Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 122: “Gormoti, ormoti”
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğormoti”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ღორმოთი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi