ზეგ

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ზეგ (zeg), possibly borrowed from post-Classical Old Armenian *զէգ (*zēg), from զ- (z-, to) + *էգ (*ēg), a later form of այգ (ayg, morning); compare Old Armenian զ-այգ-ոյ (z-ayg-oy, till tomorrow), dialectal Armenian էգ-ուց (ēg-ucʿ, tomorrow).[1][2][3] Note that Classical Old Armenian -այ- (-ay-) regularly develops into -է- (-ē-) before consonants in Middle Armenian and the Eastern dialects, a process whose start is sporadically attested already in Old Armenian.

Alternatively, from ზე (ze, on) + დღჱ (dɣē, day).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zeɡ/, [zekʰ]
  • Hyphenation: ზეგ

Adverb

ზეგ • (zeg)

  1. on the day after tomorrow, overmorrow

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • ზეგინდელი (zegindeli)

References

  1. Čubinov, David (1840), ზეგ”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 206b
  2. Kluge, Theodor (1913), “Die Indo-Germanischen Lehnwörter im Georgischen”, in Revue de linguistique et de philologie comparée (in German), volume 46, Paris, page 265
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), այգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 166a
  4. Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II) (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 125

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