იბირს
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ი- (i-) + ბირ- (bir-, “to play; sing”) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *br- (“to sing”), cognate with Mingrelian ბირ-აფა (bir-apa) and Svan ლი-ბრ-ჲალ-ი (li-br-yal-i).
Verb
[edit]იბირს • (ibirs) (Latin spelling ibirs)
- (Atina, Chanapeti) to play (game, sports, dance, gamble etc.)
- Synonym: ისთერს (isters)
- ანდღა ბერეფე შკალა მირასი ვიბირით
- andğa berepe şǩala mirasi vibirit
- Today we played marbles with the children
- (Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) to sing
- Synonym: ტრაღუდაჲ (ťrağuday)
- კოჩიქ, არ ქვას გილახედერენ დო იბირს
- ǩoçik, ar kvas gilaxederen do ibirs
- A man sits on a stone and sings
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ibirs[1]/ ibiy”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ibirs[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ობირუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi