ნივთი

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნივთი (nivti), from Old Armenian նիւթ (niwtʻ).[1] For the ვ → ქვ (v → kv) development in the dialectal form compare ქვიშნა (kvišna).[2]

Noun

ნივთი • (nivti) (plural ნივთები)

  1. thing

Derived terms
  • ნივთი თავისთავად (nivti tavistavad)

Descendants
  • → Bats: ნივთ (nivt)

See also

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 455b
  2. Čikobava, Arnold (1946) “Mravlobitis aɣnišvnis ʒiritadi ṗrinciṗisatvis kartuli zmnis uɣvlilebis sisṭemaši [On the principle of marking the plural in the Georgian verb system]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎ (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 125 of 91–130
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