ლირბი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լիրբ (lirb). Doublet of ლირფი (lirpi), borrowed later.

Adjective

ლირბი • (lirbi)

1. impudent, brazen

Derived terms

• ლირწი (lirc̣i)
• ლირბად (lirbad)
• ლირბობაჲ (lirbobay)
• ლირბებაჲ (lirbebay)
• სილირბეჲ (silirbey)

 

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ლირბი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi)‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 209a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լիրբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 287a
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ლირბი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 591b
• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 52