კე̄შ

Svan

Alternative forms

• კეშ (ḳeš)

Etymology

Borrowed dialectal Georgian კეში (ḳeši).

Noun

კე̄შ • (ḳēš) (plural კე̄შა̈რ)

1. sheepskin, pelt
2. cape, cloak, coat

Derived terms

• კე̄შილდ (ḳēšild, diminutive form), კე̄შჷლდ (ḳēšəld)
• ლეკე̄შჷ̄რი (leḳēšə̄ri, “animal skin for coats”)

Further reading

• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “კეეშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 159b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კე̄შ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 756
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 124
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 372