კარგი
Georgian
Alternative forms
- კაი (ḳai)
Etymology
From Old Georgian კარგი (ḳargi), from Old Armenian կարգ (karg).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʼarɡi/, [kʼaɾɡi]
- Hyphenation: კარ‧გი
Adjective
Adjectival declension of კარგი
| Case | adjective |
|---|---|
| nominative, genitive, instrumental | კარგი (ḳargi) |
| ergative | კარგმა (ḳargma) |
| dative, adverbial | კარგ (ḳarg) |
| vocative | კარგო (ḳargo) |
კარგი • (ḳargi) (comparative უკეთესი, superlative საუკეთესო)
Derived terms
- სიკარგე (siḳarge)
Further reading
- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “კარქი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 161b
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Old Armenian կարգ (karg, “order”). The sense "good" developed via the sense "good order".
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 548b
- Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 353
- Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 252 of 233–270
Further reading
- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “კარგი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 551b
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