ღომი
Georgian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣom-. Cognate with Mingrelian ღუმუ (ɣumu), Laz ღომუ (ğomu), ღომი (ğomi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣomi/, [ʁomi]
Noun
ღომი • (ɣomi) (plural ღომები)
- foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
- ghomi (a kind of gruel made from maize, formerly also from foxtail millet)
Declension
Declension of ღომი (see Georgian declension)
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ღომი (ɣomi) | ||
| ergative | ღომმა (ɣomma) | ||
| dative | ღომს(ა) (ɣoms(a)) | ||
| genitive | ღომის(ა) (ɣomis(a)) | ||
| instrumental | ღომით(ა) (ɣomit(a)) | ||
| adverbial | ღომად(ა) (ɣomad(a)) | ||
| vocative | ღომო (ɣomo) | ||
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
Postpositional inflection of ღომი (see Georgian postpositions)
| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| -ზე (on - ) | ღომზე (ɣomze) | |
| -თან (near - ) | ღომთან (ɣomtan) | |
| -ში (in - ) | ღომში (ɣomši) | |
| -ვით (like a - ) | ღომივით (ɣomivit) | |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (for - ) | ღომისთვის (ɣomistvis) | |
| -ებრ (like a - ) | ღომისებრ (ɣomisebr) | |
| -კენ (towards - ) | ღომისკენ (ɣomisḳen) | |
| -გან (from/of - ) | ღომისგან (ɣomisgan) | |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (from / since - ) | ღომიდან (ɣomidan) | |
| -ურთ (together with - ) | ღომითურთ (ɣomiturt) | |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (up to - ) | ღომამდე (ɣomamde) |
Derived terms
- ღომის მოჩეხება (ɣomis močexeba)
- ღომის გაწყობა (ɣomis gac̣q̇oba)
- ღომის ნალია (ɣomis nalia)
- თეთრი ღომი (tetri ɣomi)
- ალქატი ღომი (alkaṭi ɣomi)
Descendants
- → Armenian: ղոմի (ġomi)
- → Russian: го́ми (gómi)
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 490–491
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 231–232
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ღომი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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