კეთილი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian კეთილი (ḳetili), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳet-. Cognates include Mingrelian კათუა (ḳatua). The term is of the same origin as Georgian კეთება (ḳeteba, to make).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼetʰili/
  • Hyphenation: კე‧თი‧ლი

Adjective

კეთილი • (ḳetili) (comparative უფრო კეთილი, superlative ყველაზე კეთილი)

  1. kind, good
    კეთილი ზრახვებიḳetili zraxvebigood faith

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Interjection

კეთილი • (ḳetili)

  1. OK

Synonyms

Noun

კეთილი • (ḳetili) (uncountable)

  1. kindness, goodness

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Antonyms

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳet- (to add, mix).

Adjective

კეთილი • (ḳetili)

  1. good
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 1.4:
      და იხილა ღმერთმან ნათელი, რამეთუ კეთილ []
      da ixila ɣmertman nateli, rametu ḳetil []
      And God saw the light, that it was good []

Descendants

  • Georgian: კეთილი (ḳetili)

References

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 267
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 88
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 226
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კეთილი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 195
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