ნიში
Georgian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| Declension of ნიში (see Georgian declension) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
| nominative | ნიში (niši) | ნიშები (nišebi) | ნიშნი (nišni) |
| ergative | ნიშმა (nišma) | ნიშებმა (nišebma) | ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a)) |
| dative | ნიშს(ა) (nišs(a)) | ნიშებს(ა) (nišebs(a)) | ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a)) |
| genitive | ნიშის(ა) (nišis(a)) | ნიშების(ა) (nišebis(a)) | ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a)) |
| instrumental | ნიშით(ა) (nišit(a)) | ნიშებით(ა) (nišebit(a)) | |
| adverbial | ნიშად(ა) (nišad(a)) | ნიშებად(ა) (nišebad(a)) | |
| vocative | ნიშო (nišo) | ნიშებო (nišebo) | ნიშნო (nišno) |
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
| Postpositional inflection of ნიში (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
|---|---|---|
| postpositions taking the dative case | singular | plural |
| -ზე (-ze, “on”) | ნიშზე (nišze) | ნიშებზე (nišebze) |
| -თან (-tan, “near”) | ნიშთან (ništan) | ნიშებთან (nišebtan) |
| -ში (-ši, “in”) | ნიშში (nišši) | ნიშებში (nišebši) |
| -ვით (-vit, “like”) | ნიშივით (nišivit) | ნიშებივით (nišebivit) |
| postpositions taking the genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (-tvis, “for”) | ნიშისთვის (nišistvis) | ნიშებისთვის (nišebistvis) |
| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | ნიშისებრ (nišisebr) | ნიშებისებრ (nišebisebr) |
| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | ნიშისკენ (nišisḳen) | ნიშებისკენ (nišebisḳen) |
| -გან (-gan, “from/of”) | ნიშისგან (nišisgan) | ნიშებისგან (nišebisgan) |
| -ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) | ნიშისადმი (nišisadmi) | ნიშებისადმი (nišebisadmi) |
| postpositions taking the instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (-dan, “from/since”) | ნიშიდან (nišidan) | ნიშებიდან (nišebidan) |
| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | ნიშითურთ (nišiturt) | ნიშებითურთ (nišebiturt) |
| postpositions taking the adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (-mde, “up to”) | ნიშამდე (nišamde) | ნიშებამდე (nišebamde) |
Mingrelian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Laz ნუში (nuşi), Middle Georgian ნუშა (nuša, “small boat”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)[1] (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 13
- ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 147
Further reading
[edit]- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნიში”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1049
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 822
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ნიში”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ნჷში”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[4], volume 10, number 1, page 45–46 of 25–76, follows Dzidzarija and considers Mingrelian to be borrowed from Abkhaz only due to the presence of ჷ (ə) in Mingrelian form
Old Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Iranian. See Persian نشان (nešân) for more.
Noun
[edit]ნიში • (niši)
References
[edit]- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ნიში”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 917a
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ნიში”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries][5], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences