შობაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (to give birth). The expected root (v) is deleted due to the following (o) from the thematic suffix. Compare the past form შვა (šva).

Noun

შობაჲ • (šobay)

  1. birth, delivery
  2. (Christianity) Christmas

Descendants

  • Georgian: შობა (šoba)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 525
  • 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 548
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