ცა̈̄შ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ცა̈შ (cäš), ცა̄შ (cāš)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ca- (“sky”). *ცა̈̄- (*cǟ-) is attested only in this word and was displaced by დეც (dec), a borrowing from Georgian ზეცა (zeca).

Compare Mingrelian ცაშხა (cašxa), Laz ჩაჩხა (çaçxa).

Noun

ცა̈̄შ • (cǟš)

1. Thursday

See also

• (days of the week) ნაგზა̈შ ლადა̈ღა̈რ (nagzäš ladäɣär); დო̈შდიშ (döšdiš), თახა̈შ (taxäš), ჯჷმა̈შ (ǯəmäš), ცა̈̄შ (cǟš), უ̂ებიშ (ûebiš), საფტინ (sapṭin), მიშლადეღ (mišladeɣ) / მი̄შ (mīš) / ნაგზი (nagzi) ^{(Category: sva:Days of the week)}

Noun

ცა̈̄შ • (cǟš)

1. genitive singular of *ცა̈̄- (*cǟ-, “sky”)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ცა̄შ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 352b
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ცააშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 352b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ხუთშაბათი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 252a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ცა̈̄შ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1875