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ნეხვი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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Ačaṙyan derives from Old Armenian նեխ (nex, rottenness; rotten),[1] but according to Vogt the borrowing is in the opposite direction.[2]

Possibly a Proto-Georgian-Zan *nexw- is reconstructible, with Old Georgian სა-ნეხუ-ე-ჲ (sa-nexu-e-y, garbage, garbage heap), Mingrelian სა-ნახვ-ერ-ო (sa-naxv-er-o, dung heap) as cognates.[3]

Note also Chechen нех (nex), Ingush нувх (nuvx, garbage).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [neχʷi]
  • Hyphenation: ნეხ‧ვი

Noun

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ნეხვი (nexvi) (uncountable)

  1. dung
    Synonyms: ფუნა (puna), ნაკელი (naḳeli), პატივი (ṗaṭivi)

Declension

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Declension of ნეხვი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ნეხვი (nexvi)
ergative ნეხვმა (nexvma)
dative ნეხვს(ა) (nexvs(a))
genitive ნეხვის(ა) (nexvis(a))
instrumental ნეხვით(ა) (nexvit(a))
adverbial ნეხვად(ა) (nexvad(a))
vocative ნეხვო (nexvo)

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ნეხვი (see Georgian postpositions)
dative-case postpositions singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ნეხვზე (nexvze)
-თან (-tan, near) ნეხვთან (nexvtan)
-ში (-ši, in) ნეხვში (nexvši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ნეხვივით (nexvivit)
genitive-case postpositions singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ნეხვისთვის (nexvistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ნეხვისებრ (nexvisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ნეხვისკენ (nexvisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ნეხვისგან (nexvisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ნეხვისადმი (nexvisadmi)
instrumental-case postpositions singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ნეხვიდან (nexvidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ნეხვითურთ (nexviturt)
adverbial-case postpositions singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ნეხვამდე (nexvamde)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ნეხვი”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 438–439
  2. ^ Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 333 of 321–338
  3. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 319