ღე̄რბეთ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ღერმეთ (ɣermet)

Etymology

Might be borrowed from Georgian ღმერთი (ɣmerti). Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣamort-.

Noun

ღე̄რბეთ • (ɣērbet)

1. God

   დიდაბუ ხარ ღერბათუ!

   didabu xar ɣerbatu!

   Glory to God!

References

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ღე̄რბეთ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1783
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ღე̄რბეთ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 292