ჯუღაპი

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ჯუღაბი (cuğabi), ჯევაბი (cevabi)
  • ჯოღაპი (coğap̌i)Arkabi

Etymology

Via a dialectal form of Ottoman Turkish جواب (cevap) (compare dialectal Turkish cuğap) from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

ჯუღაპი • (cuğap̌i) (Latin spelling cuğap̌i)

  1. answer, response, reply

Declension

Declension of ჯუღაპი (cuğap̌i) (see Laz declension)
singular plural
absolutive ჯუღაპი (cuğap̌i) ჯუღაპეფე (cuğap̌epe)
ergative ჯუღაპიქ (cuğap̌ik) ჯუღაპეფექ (cuğap̌epek)
dative ჯუღაპის (cuğap̌is) ჯუღაპეფეს (cuğap̌epes)
genitive ჯუღაპიშ(ი) (cuğap̌iş(i)) ჯუღაპეფეშ(ი) (cuğap̌epeş(i))
directive ჯუღაპიშე (cuğap̌işe) ჯუღაპეფეშე (cuğap̌epeşe)
ablative ჯუღაპიშენ (cuğap̌işen) ჯუღაპეფეშენ (cuğap̌epeşen)
locative ჯუღაპის (cuğap̌is) ჯუღაპეფეს (cuğap̌epes)
instrumental ჯუღაპითენ (cuğap̌iten) ჯუღაპეფეთენ (cuğap̌epeten)

Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “coğap’i”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “cevabi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჯუღაპი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi