წიფ

Svan

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c̣ip-.

Noun

წიფ • (c̣ip) (plural წიფა̈რ)

1. beech

   Synonym: წიფრა (c̣ipra)

2. beechnut

Derived terms

• წიფრა (c̣ipra)
• ლეწფერ (lec̣per)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “წიფ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 367a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “წიფ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo), Tbilisi, page 331a
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წიფელი, წიფელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “წიფელი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt, 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 243b
• Oniani, Arsen (1917) “წიფ”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 37b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წიფ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1914