შტერი

Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Georgian სტერი (sṭeri), borrowed from Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive”), possibly via Mingrelian.[1] The alternation შტ- (šṭ-) ~ სტ- (sṭ-) is seen also in შტო (šṭo) ~ სტო (sṭo).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtʼeri/, [ʃtʼeɾi]
  • Hyphenation: შტე‧რი

Adjective
Adjectival declension of შტერი
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental შტერი (šṭeri)
ergative შტერმა (šṭerma)
dative, adverbial შტერ (šṭer)
vocative შტერო (šṭero)

შტერი • (šṭeri) (comparative უფრო შტერი, superlative ყველაზე შტერი)

  1. stupid
  2. foolish

Synonyms

Noun

შტერი • (šṭeri) (plural შტერები)

  1. silly

Synonyms

References
  1. Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)‎ (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 363.
  2. Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)‎ (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 126.

Further reading
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “შტერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 419b
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “სტერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 326b
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