ცალი

Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *cal-. Cognate with Laz ცორი (ʒori).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sali/, [t͡sʰali]
  • Hyphenation: ცა‧ლი

Determiner

ცალი • (cali)

  1. either (one or the other of two)

Noun

ცალი • (cali) (uncountable)

  1. Used when naming the number of objects; piece
    ათი ცალი კვერცხი ― ati cali ḳvercxi ― ten eggs

Adjective
Adjectival declension of ცალი
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental ცალი (cali)
ergative ცალმა (calma)
dative, adverbial ცალ (cal)
vocative ცალო (calo)

ცალი • (cali) (comparative უფრო ცალი, superlative ყველაზე ცალი)

  1. equal

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → Armenian: ցալ (cʻal)
  • → Bats: ცალ (cal)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 262

Further reading
  • 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 590, follows Shanidze and connects with Svan -შა̄ლ (-šāl), which is rather akin to Mingrelian -შორო (-šoro)
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