უშნო

Georgian

Etymology

Possibly from უ- (u-) +‎ შნო (šno) or შნო (šno) +‎ უ- -ო (u- -o).

Shanidze, on the other hand, derives it directly from the old root -შუენ- (compare შვენება (šveneba)) with circumfix უ- -ო (u- -o): უ-შნ-ო < *უ-შვნ-ო < *უ-შუენ-ო. Compare the antonym მშვენიერი (mšvenieri).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uʃno/
  • Hyphenation: უშ‧ნო

Adjective
indeclinable

უშნო • (ušno) (comparative უფრო უშნო, superlative ყველაზე უშნო)

  1. ugly

References

Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 164, page 127

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