შობაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (“to give birth”). The expected root ვ (v) is deleted due to the following ო (o) from the thematic suffix. Compare the past form შვა (šva).

Noun

შობაჲ • (šobay)

1. birth, delivery
2. (Christianity) Christmas

Descendants

• Georgian: შობა (šoba)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 525
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 548