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მაფშალია

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Mingrelian

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მაფშალია

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ფშალე (pšale, hop) +‎ მა- -ია (ma- -ia). Cognate with Laz მაფშალე (mapşale, nightingale).

Noun

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მაფშალია (mapšalia) (plural მაფშალიეფი)

  1. nightingale
    Synonym: იადონი (iadoni)
  2. (rare) hop (Humulus lupulus)
    Synonyms: ზვუია (zvuia), ფშალე (pšale)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 444
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მაფშალია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 819
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მაფშალია”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[1], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Ониани, А. Л. (1985) “О грамматической категории класса в картвельских языках [On the grammatical category of class in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Вопросы языкознания[2] (in Russian), number 3, page 71 of 67–76