ჩვილი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ჩჩჳლი (ččwili), ჩჳლი (čwili), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ččw-il- (soft (of animate objects), tender), from Proto-Kartvelian *čečw- ~ *ččw- (to soften). Cognate with Mingrelian ჩქიჩქუ (čkičku), ჩქჷჩქჷ (čkəčkə), ჩქიჩქი (čkički) and Laz ჩიჩქუ (çiçku), ჩუჩქუ (çuçku).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰʷili]
  • Hyphenation: ჩვი‧ლი

Adjective

ჩვილი • (čvili) (comparative უფრო ჩვილი, superlative ყველაზე ჩვილი)

  1. soft, tender
  2. gentle, loving (of someone's character)
  3. fresh and soft (of cheese)
  4. baby, newborn (of babies, birds, etc.)

Noun

ჩვილი (čvili) (plural ჩვილები)

  1. infant, newborn

Inflection

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References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), ჩვილი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 513
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 258
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