დიხა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ნდიხა (ndixa)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *diq-.

Noun

დიხა • (dixa) (Latin spelling dixa) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. earth, soil, land, place

   Synonyms: ლეტა (leťa), არაზი (arazi)

   აშექ ნჯა დიხაშენ ჲეჭკირუფს

   aşek nca dixaşen yeç̌ǩirups

   Ayşe has been mowing the tree from the ground

Declension

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Declension of დიხა (dixa) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	დიხა (dixa)	დიხაფე (dixape)
ergative	დიხაქ (dixak)	დიხაფექ (dixapek)
dative	დიხას (dixas)	დიხაფეს (dixapes)
genitive	დიხაშ(ი) (dixaş(i))	დიხაფეშ(ი) (dixapeş(i))
directive	დიხაშე (dixaşe)	დიხაფეშე (dixapeşe)
ablative	დიხაშენ (dixaşen)	დიხაფეშენ (dixapeşen)
locative	დიხას (dixas)	დიხაფეს (dixapes)
instrumental	დიხათენ (dixaten)	დიხაფეთენ (dixapeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 229
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 787
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “dixa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “დიხა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 139b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “დიხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• დეხა (dexa)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *diq-.

Noun

დიხა • (dixa)

1. earth, soil, clay
2. land, place

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “დიხა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 415
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “დიხა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 227b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 787
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “დიხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN