ძირომს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ძირამს (żirams), ძიამს (żiams), ძიჲამს (żiyams) — Apso, Jigetore
• ზირაჲ (ziray) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ძირუმს (żirums), ძიუმს (żiums), ძიჲუმს (żiyums) — Vitse
• ძიომს (żioms), ძიჲომს (żiyoms) — alternative spellings
• ძიროფს (żirops), ძიოფს (żiops), ძიჲოფს (żiyops) — Khopa
• ზიოფს (ziops) — Azlagha
• ძირუფს (żirups) — Batumi, Chkhala

Etymology

From ძირ- (żir-) +‎ -ომ (-om) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *zer- : zir- (“to see”).

Verb

ძირომს • (żiroms) (Latin spelling żiroms) (Arkabi)

1. to see

   გზას გოლობულუტათში ბადიქ მძირანორენ. ნეკნაში ღორმაშენ გზა იხოსარს.

   gzas golobuluťatşi badik mżiranoren. neǩnaşi ğormaşen gza ixosars.

   The old man will see us as we cross the road. He watches the road from the doorway.

2. to find out, to find

   არგუნიჩქიმი ბგორი დო სოთი ვაბძირი

   arguniçkimi bgori do soti vabżiri

   I looked for my axe, but I couldn't find it anywhere

Usage notes

• Verbal noun; ოძირუ (ożiru) and ოძირუმუ (ożirumu) in Apso dialect, ოძირუ (ożiru), ოძიუ (ożiu) and ოძიჲუ (ożiyu) in the all dialects from Vizha to Khopa, ოძირუ (ożiru), ოძიუ (ożiu), ოძიჲუ (ożiyu), ოძირამუ (ożiramu), ოძიამუ (ożiamu) and ოძიჲამუ (ożiyamu) in Lome dialect, ოძირამუ (ożiramu) in Batumi dialect and ძირამუა (żiramua) in Chkhala dialect.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “z*irams/ z*iyams (PZ-Apso, Cigetore), z*irums/ z*iyums (FN), z*iroms/ z*iyoms (AH), z*irops/ z*iops (HP), z*irups (AK)(ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოძირუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi