წრფელი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian წრფელი (c̣rpeli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣rp-el- (stretched, narrow), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣rp- (to stretch; to reach).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sʼɾpʰeli]
  • Hyphenation: წრფე‧ლი

Adjective

წრფელი • (c̣rpeli) (comparative უფრო წრფელი, superlative უწრფელესი)

  1. outspoken, frank, honest

Declension

Adjectival declension of წრფელი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
წრფელი (c̣rpeli)
ergative წრფელმა (c̣rpelma)
dative, adverbial წრფელ (c̣rpel)
vocative წრფელო (c̣rpelo)

Derived terms

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წრფელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 550
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 315