ჭკადუა

Georgian

Etymology

From Mingrelian ჭკადუ (č̣ḳadu, “smith”) +‎ -უა (-ua).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʼkʼadua]
• Hyphenation: ჭკა‧დუა

Proper noun

ჭკადუა • (č̣ḳadua)

1. a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Smith

Inflection

Declension of ჭკადუა (see Georgian declension)
	singular	plural	archaic plural
nominative	ჭკადუა (č̣ḳadua)
ergative	ჭკადუამ (č̣ḳaduam)
dative	ჭკადუას(ა) (č̣ḳaduas(a))
genitive	ჭკადუის(ა) (č̣ḳaduis(a))
instrumental	ჭკადუით(ა) (č̣ḳaduit(a))
adverbial	ჭკადუად(ა) (č̣ḳaduad(a))
vocative	ჭკადუავ (č̣ḳaduav)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ჭკადუა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case	singular	plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”)	ჭკადუაზე (č̣ḳaduaze)
-თან (-tan, “near”)	ჭკადუასთან (č̣ḳaduastan)
-ში (-ši, “in”)	ჭკადუაში (č̣ḳaduaši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”)	ჭკადუასავით (č̣ḳaduasavit)
postpositions taking the genitive case	singular	plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”)	ჭკადუისთვის (č̣ḳaduistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”)	ჭკადუისებრ (č̣ḳaduisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)	ჭკადუისკენ (č̣ḳaduisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”)	ჭკადუისგან (č̣ḳaduisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”)	ჭკადუისადმი (č̣ḳaduisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case	singular	plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”)	ჭკადუიდან (č̣ḳaduidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”)	ჭკადუითურთ (č̣ḳaduiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case	singular	plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”)	ჭკადუამდე (č̣ḳaduamde)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: Ҷкадуа (Čʼkʼadwa)

See also

• მჭედლიშვილი (mč̣edlišvili)

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *č̣ed-.

Verbal noun

ჭკადუა • (č̣ḳadua)

1. verbal noun of ჭკადუნს (č̣ḳaduns)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭკადუა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1905
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჭკად”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 390b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 882
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭკადუა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN