შეკიცვაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳec₁- (“to put together”).

The attested inflected form შეკიცუნა (šeḳicuna) consists of a preverb, a root, remnant of the thematic suffix -ავ (-av) or an additive, direct object plural marker and 3rd person singular subject marker.

Verbal noun

შეკიცვაჲ • (šeḳicvay)

1. verbal noun of შეკიცავს (šeḳicavs): to join, entangle (together)
   • 10th century, Hippolytus, Commentary on the Song of Songs :

     […] და ესე იყო სასწაულ, რამეთუ რიცხუსა მას იტყჳს, ვითარმედ: სამასნი მელნი შეკიცუნა ურთიერთას-ო […]

     […] da ese iq̇o sasc̣aul, rametu ricxusa mas iṭq̇wis, vitarmed: samasni melni šeḳicuna urtiertas-o […]

     […] And this was a miracle, for in Numbers it is said, that: He entangled 300 foxes together […]

Derived terms

• შეკიცული (šeḳiculi, “joined; entangled”)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “შეკიცვაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 199
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “შეკიცული”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[3] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 476
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կից”, 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 597a, derives from Armenian
• Marr, N. (1901) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга III. Ипполит. Толкование Песни песней. Грузинский текст по рукописи X в. [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book III. Hippolytus. Commentary on the Song of Songs. The Georgian text based on a 10th c. manuscript] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5)‎^[4] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page LXV, derives from Armenian