ფიწიღი

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ფიწეღი (pic̣eɣi) — Tbilisi
• ფაწიღი (pac̣iɣi) — Kiziqi
• ფიციხი (picixi) — Imereti

Etymology

From a dialectal form of Armenian փայծաղ (pʻaycaġ). Compare the Tbilisi dialect փիծիղ (pʻiciġ). Doublet of ფაწალა (pac̣ala).

Noun

ფიწიღი • (pic̣iɣi)

1. (Tbilisi, Kiziqi) spleen

   Synonyms: ელენთა (elenta), ტყირბი (ṭq̇irbi)

References

• Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ფიწიღი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary]‎^[1], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 219
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ფაწიღი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎^[2] (in Georgian), volume 2, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 151a
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ფიწიღი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎^[3] (in Georgian), volume 2, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 158a
• Tschenkéli, Kita (1960–1974) “ფიციხი”, in Georgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, appeared in 26 fascicles, since fascicle 8 edited by Yolanda Marchev, Zürich: Amirani-Verlag, page 1481a