დორჩამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• დვორჩაჲ (dvorçay) — Vizha
• დორჩაჲ (dorçay) — Artasheni
• დორჩაფს (dorçaps) — Khopa
• დვორჩაფს (dvorçaps) — Batumi

Etymology

From დ- (d-) +‎ ო- (o-) +‎ რჩ- (rç-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *rec₁- : rc₁- (“to spread; make a bed”).

Verb

დორჩამს • (dorçams) (Latin spelling dorçams) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)

1. to lay (carpets, rugs, wood, floor coverings, etc.) on the floor

   ნანაქ მეტკოჩეჲი ქილიმეფე დგუმს ედო ჭარტაღიზ დორჩასენ

   nanak meťǩoçeyi kilimepe dgums edo ç̌arťağiz dorçasen

   My mom stitchs old rugs together and will lay them in the living room

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “dorçams (PZ), dorçay (AŞ), dorçams (FN ~ HP), dorçaps (HP)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “დორჩუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi