ღლეპა

Laz

Walnut inside its green shell

Alternative forms

• ღლეფა (ğlepa) — Vitse

Noun

ღლეპა • (ğlep̌a) (Latin spelling ğlep̌a) (Vitse)

1. green shell of nuts such as walnuts etc.

   Synonym: ღამფო (ğampo)

   ნეძიში ღლეპაქ ხე ოუჩანამს.

   neżişi ğlep̌ak xe ouçanams.

   The colour of the green shell of the walnut darkens (man's) hand

Declension

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Declension of ღლეპა (ğlep̌a) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ღლეპა (ğlep̌a)	ღლეპაფე (ğlep̌ape)
ergative	ღლეპაქ (ğlep̌ak)	ღლეპაფექ (ğlep̌apek)
dative	ღლეპას (ğlep̌as)	ღლეპაფეს (ğlep̌apes)
genitive	ღლეპაშ(ი) (ğlep̌aş(i))	ღლეპაფეშ(ი) (ğlep̌apeş(i))
directive	ღლეპაშე (ğlep̌aşe)	ღლეპაფეშე (ğlep̌apeşe)
ablative	ღლეპაშენ (ğlep̌aşen)	ღლეპაფეშენ (ğlep̌apeşen)
locative	ღლეპას (ğlep̌as)	ღლეპაფეს (ğlep̌apes)
instrumental	ღლეპათენ (ğlep̌aten)	ღლეპაფეთენ (ğlep̌apeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Descendants

(or from ღალამფა (ğalampa))

• →? Armenian: (Trabzon) ղալաբ (ġalab), (Hamshen) ղալափա (ġalapʻa), (Hamshen) ղօլօփա (ġōlōpʻa)
• →? Turkish: ğalapa, ğelap — Hemşin

References

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğlepa/ ğlep’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “ღლეპა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 201a

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) “Review of Н. Марр. — Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка. С. П. 1910”, in Ararat‎^[2] (in Armenian), volume 45, number 5, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, § 54, page 419 of 414–420, compares to Armenian կլեպ (klep),
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կեղև”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 569a, derives from a group of Armenian words which he believes are all related and derive ultimately from Syriac: կեղև (kełew), կլեպ (klep), ղալաբ (ġalab)