ცხელა

Georgian

Etymology

From ცხელი (cxeli, “hot”) with the verb არს (ars, “to be”). The verb soon turned impersonal and got new screeve forms (ცხელოდა (cxeloda), ცხელოდეს (cxelodes)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʰχeɫa]
• Hyphenation: ცხე‧ლა

Verb

ცხელა • (cxela) (third-person singular present indicative)

1. (impersonal) to be hot (weather, outside...)

   დღეს ძაან ცხელა, ვიწვი.

   dɣes ʒaan cxela, vic̣vi.

   Today it's really hot, I'm burning.

2. (intransitive) Nonstandard spelling of სცხელა (scxela).

   ლელას ცხელა.

   lelas cxela.

   Lela's (feeling) hot.

Synonyms

• იწვის (ic̣vis), იწვება (ic̣veba)
• თბილა (tbila)

Antonyms

• ცივა (civa)
• ყინავს (q̇inavs)

Further reading

• Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 565, pages 528-530