იმჩვირს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ინჩირს (inçirs) — Atina
• ინჩიჲ (inçiy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• იმჩიჲ (imçiy) — Artasheni
• ინჩვირს (inçvirs) — Batumi

Etymology

From ი- (i-) +‎ მჩვირ- (mçvir-) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁ur- (“to swim”). Cognate with Georgian ცურავს (curavs).

Verb

იმჩვირს • (imçvirs) (Latin spelling imçvirs) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)

1. to swim

   მა ბუჯოხუმ. ალა კოჩიქ იმჩვირს. ვაროგნამს.

   ma bucoxum. ala ǩoçik imçvirs. varognams.

   I'm calling him. But he's swimming. He doesn't hear us.

Further reading

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