ყალბი

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْب (qalb, to flip, to change).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [χʼalbi]
  • Hyphenation: ყალ‧ბი

Adjective

ყალბი • (q̇albi) (comparative უფრო ყალბი, superlative ყველაზე ყალბი)

  1. counterfeit, false, fake, mock, shoddy, spurious, bastardy

Declension

Adjectival declension of ყალბი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
ყალბი (q̇albi)
ergative ყალბმა (q̇albma)
dative, adverbial ყალბ (q̇alb)
vocative ყალბო (q̇albo)

Derived terms

References

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