ღრმა

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • რღმა (rɣma), ღმა (ɣma), რღიმე (rɣime)dialectal

Etymology

From Old Georgian ღრმაჲ (ɣrmay), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣrma- (hole, pit). Compare ხრამი (xrami, precipice; ravine), ultimately from the same source via Armenian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁɾma]
  • Hyphenation: ღრმა

Adjective

ღრმა • (ɣrma) (indeclinable, comparative უფრო ღრმა, superlative ყველაზე ღრმა)

  1. deep, profound
    Synonyms: გუბი (gubi), სორო (soro), ღრმული (ɣrmuli), ხანი (xani), ხვრელი (xvreli), ხნარცვი (xnarcvi), ორმო (ormo)
    Antonym: მარჩხობი (marčxobi)

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ღრმა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 233-234
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 495-496