ლაზი
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Georgian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Adjectival declension of ლაზი
ლაზი • (lazi) (not comparable)
- (Of person) Of Laz descent
Noun
[edit]- Laz, a person originally coming from the historical and cultural region of Lazistan situated in modern northeast Turkey, along the Black Sea coastline and parts of the Georgian region of Adjara.
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of ლაზი (see Georgian declension) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
| nominative | ლაზი (lazi) | ლაზები (lazebi) | ლაზნი (lazni) |
| ergative | ლაზმა (lazma) | ლაზებმა (lazebma) | ლაზთ(ა) (lazt(a)) |
| dative | ლაზს(ა) (lazs(a)) | ლაზებს(ა) (lazebs(a)) | ლაზთ(ა) (lazt(a)) |
| genitive | ლაზის(ა) (lazis(a)) | ლაზების(ა) (lazebis(a)) | ლაზთ(ა) (lazt(a)) |
| instrumental | ლაზით(ა) (lazit(a)) | ლაზებით(ა) (lazebit(a)) | |
| adverbial | ლაზად(ა) (lazad(a)) | ლაზებად(ა) (lazebad(a)) | |
| vocative | ლაზო (lazo) | ლაზებო (lazebo) | ლაზნო (lazno) |
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
| Postpositional inflection of ლაზი (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
|---|---|---|
| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
| -ზე (-ze, “on”) | ლაზზე (lazze) | ლაზებზე (lazebze) |
| -თან (-tan, “near”) | ლაზთან (laztan) | ლაზებთან (lazebtan) |
| -ში (-ši, “in”) | ლაზში (lazši) | ლაზებში (lazebši) |
| -ვით (-vit, “like”) | ლაზივით (lazivit) | ლაზებივით (lazebivit) |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (-tvis, “for”) | ლაზისთვის (lazistvis) | ლაზებისთვის (lazebistvis) |
| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | ლაზისებრ (lazisebr) | ლაზებისებრ (lazebisebr) |
| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | ლაზისკენ (lazisḳen) | ლაზებისკენ (lazebisḳen) |
| -გან (-gan, “from/of”) | ლაზისგან (lazisgan) | ლაზებისგან (lazebisgan) |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (-dan, “from/since”) | ლაზიდან (lazidan) | ლაზებიდან (lazebidan) |
| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | ლაზითურთ (laziturt) | ლაზებითურთ (lazebiturt) |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (-mde, “up to”) | ლაზამდე (lazamde) | ლაზებამდე (lazebamde) |
Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word Laz as an ethnic term is first mentioned in the Latin form of Lazi and Ancient Greek Λαζοί (Lazoí) and Λᾶζαι (Lâzai) in Pliny's Naturalis Historia. "Laz" must have been a name adopted over time by more than one Colchian tribe, as Procopius also stated. The origin is uncertain.
- Kiria et al. reconstruct Proto-Georgian-Zan *laž- deriving the ethnonym from Georgian and saying the Zan equivalent is preserved in Urartian 𒁹𒇻𒌑𒃻𒀀 (mlu-ú-šá-a /Luša/). Note that the ethnonyms Laz or Chan did not exist in Old Georgian: the Laz were referred to as Mingrelians. Georgian ლაზი (lazi) and Georgian ჭანი (č̣ani) must have entered the Language recently, probably after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) when some parts of Lazona were taken by Russia.
- According to Nikolai Marr from Svan ლა- (la-) + ზან (zan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ლაზი • (lazi) (Latin spelling Lazi)
- An ethnic group native to the South Caucasus and Northeastern Anatolia: Laz
- ლაზიში კულტური ლაზებურაშ დოლოხე რენ
- lazişi ǩulťuri lazeburaş doloxe ren
- Laz culture is expressed through the Laz language
Derived terms
[edit]- ლაზონა (lazona)
Further reading
[edit]- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, pages 9-10
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “Lazi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Marr, N. (1910) “ლაზი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 162a
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ლაზი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi