ნცა
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ca-.
Noun
[edit]ნცა • (nʒa) (Latin spelling nʒa) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)
- sky
- ჰეშშო მუთურენფე თქუ ქი ნცაშენ მურუცხეფე ქოდიბღუ
- heşşo muturenpe tku ki nʒaşen muruʒxepe kodibğu
- S/he said such things that the stars in the sky were scattered on the ground (s/he bragged a lot)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ნცა (nʒa) | ნცაფე (nʒape) | |
| ergative | ნცაქ (nʒak) | ნცაფექ (nʒapek) | |
| dative | ნცას (nʒas) | ნცაფეს (nʒapes) | |
| genitive | ნცაშ(ი) (nʒaş(i)) | ნცაფეშ(ი) (nʒapeş(i)) | |
| directive | ნცაშე (nʒaşe) | ნცაფეშე (nʒapeşe) | |
| ablative | ნცაშენ (nʒaşen) | ნცაფეშენ (nʒapeşen) | |
| locative | ნცას (nʒas) | ნცაფეს (nʒapes) | |
| instrumental | ნცათენ (nʒaten) | ნცაფეთენ (nʒapeten) | |
| Notes: dialects may differ on declension. | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- პიჟიმცა (p̌ijimʒa)
- მცამპულა (mʒamp̌ula)
- ნუკუშინცა (nuǩuşinʒa)
- ჩარბიშინცა (çarbişinʒa)
Further reading
[edit]- Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 123: “Za, ka, šaa”
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “n3a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნცა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Ḳalandia, Tea (2007) “ნცა”, in Buba Ḳudava, editor, 2000 lazuri siṭq̇va: saleksiḳono masala [2000 Laz words: dictionary material] (Ḳolxuri seria; 1), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 83