ცა̈გ

Svan

Alternative forms

  • ცაგ (cag)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *cag-[1] or *ciḳ-.[2]

Compare also Armenian ցաք (cʻakʻ), Old Armenian ցաք-ի (cʻakʻ-i).

Noun

ცა̈გ • (cäg)

  1. thorn, prickle, spike

References

  1. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 553
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 266

Further reading

  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ცა̈გ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1872
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938), Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 370—371
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 870