ოფლი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ოფლი (opli), from Proto-Kartvelian *opl-. Cognate with Mingrelian უფუ (upu), უფ (up), Laz უფი (upi), and Svan უ̂ეფ (ûep), უ̂ოფ (ûop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /opʰli/
  • Hyphenation: ოფ‧ლი

Noun

ოფლი • (opli) (uncountable)

  1. sweat

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • შრომის ოფლი (šromis opli)
  • სირცხვილის ოფლს დაასხამს (sircxvilis opls daasxams)
  • ოფლით (oplit)

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ოფლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 334
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 146
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