მწყემსი

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • წყესი (c̣q̇esi) Adjara

Etymology

From Old Georgian მწყემსი (mc̣q̇emsi), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mc₁q̇es₁-. Cognate with Mingrelian ჭყიში (č̣q̇iši) and Laz მჭკეში (mç̌ǩeşi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mt͡sʼqʼemsi/, [mt͡sʼχʼemsi]
  • Hyphenation: მწყემ‧სი

Noun

მწყემსი • (mc̣q̇emsi) (plural მწყემსები)

  1. shepherd, herdsman

Inflection

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References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 132

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მწყემსი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 312
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