ზდიმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ზდუმს (zdums) — Chanapeti
• ზდიფს (zdips) — Khopa

Etymology

From ზდ- (zd-) +‎ -იმ (-im) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *zid- (“to drag, pull”).

Verb

ზდიმს • (zdims) (Latin spelling zdims) (Arkabi)

1. to bear, to transport, to carry

   Synonym: თორუჲ (toruy)

   ნთხირეფუნას ნაფქოსუმტით ჩაჩი ფაცხათე ბზდიმტით

   ntxirepunas napkosumťit çaçi paʒxate bzdimťit

   We used to carry the dry leaves that we swept in the hazelnut grove (very spaced) in a basket

2. to suffer

   Synonym: თორუჲ (toruy)

   დამთირექ ნუსაში დერდი ვარზდიმს

   damtirek nusaşi derdi varzdims

   Mother-in-laws don't suffer from bride's troubles(proverb)

Further reading

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