ღორმოთი
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣamort-.
Noun
[edit]ღორმოთი • (ğormoti) (Latin spelling ğormoti) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)
- supernatural being in the ancient beliefs of the Laz, god
Proper noun
[edit]ღორმოთი • (ğormoti) (Latin spelling Ğormoti) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)
- (recent usage) God in monotheistic religions, Allah
- Synonym: თანგრი (tangri)
- გურონიზ ღორმოთიქ ნუშველს
- Guroniz Ğormotik nuşvels
- God helps the brave (If you start with courage, you will succeed with cooperation)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ღორმოთი (ğormoti) | ღორმოთეფე (ğormotepe) | |
| ergative | ღორმოთიქ (ğormotik) | ღორმოთეფექ (ğormotepek) | |
| dative | ღორმოთის (ğormotis) | ღორმოთეფეს (ğormotepes) | |
| genitive | ღორმოთიშ(ი) (ğormotiş(i)) | ღორმოთეფეშ(ი) (ğormotepeş(i)) | |
| directive | ღორმოთიშე (ğormotişe) | ღორმოთეფეშე (ğormotepeşe) | |
| ablative | ღორმოთიშენ (ğormotişen) | ღორმოთეფეშენ (ğormotepeşen) | |
| locative | ღორმოთის (ğormotis) | ღორმოთეფეს (ğormotepes) | |
| instrumental | ღორმოთითენ (ğormotiten) | ღორმოთეფეთენ (ğormotepeten) | |
| Notes: dialects may differ on declension. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Hervás, Lorenzo (1787) Vocabolario poligloto, con prolegomeni sopra più di CL lingue (in Italian), Cesena: Gregorio Biasini, § 73, page 68, records as gormoti, ormoti
- Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 122: “Gormoti, ormoti”
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğormoti”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ღორმოთი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi