შტერი
Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Georgian სტერი (sṭeri), borrowed from Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive”), possibly via Mingrelian.[1] The alternation შტ- (šṭ-) ~ სტ- (sṭ-) is seen also in შტო (šṭo) ~ სტო (sṭo).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Adjectival declension of შტერი
შტერი • (šṭeri) (comparative უფრო შტერი, superlative ყველაზე შტერი)
Synonyms
[edit]- დებილი (debili)
Noun
[edit]შტერი • (šṭeri) (plural შტერები)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)[1] (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 363.
- ^ Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)[2] (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 126.
Further reading
[edit]- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “შტერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary][3], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 419b
- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “სტერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary][4], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 326b