ღარიბი
Georgian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb, “strage; foreign; rare”). Doublet of Georgian ყარიბი (q̇aribi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣaribi/, [ʁaɾibi]
- Hyphenation: ღა‧რი‧ბი
Adjective
Adjectival declension of ღარიბი
| Case | adjective |
|---|---|
| nominative, genitive, instrumental | ღარიბი (ɣaribi) |
| ergative | ღარიბმა (ɣaribma) |
| dative, adverbial | ღარიბ (ɣarib) |
| vocative | ღარიბო (ɣaribo) |
ღარიბი • (ɣaribi) (comparative უფრო ღარიბი, superlative უღარიბესი)
- with little or no possessions or money, poor, destitute, impecunious, poverty-stricken, pauper
- (by extension) Lacking something, destitute, poor
- undeveloped
- (figuratively) seldom, rare
See also
- იშვიათი (išviati)
- ღარიბდება (ɣaribdeba)
References
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ღარიბი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
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