მზე

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მზე (mze), მზჱ (mzē), from Proto-Kartvelian *mz₁e-. Cognate with Svan მიჟ (miž), Mingrelian ბჟა (bža) and Laz მჟორა (mžora). Middle Armenian բոզի (bozi), բուզի (buzi, “Sun”) may be a Kartvelian borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mzɛ/

Proper noun

მზე • (mze) (uncountable)

  1. Sun

Inflection

 
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Declension of მზე (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative მზე (mze)
ergative მზემ (mzem)
dative მზეს(ა) (mzes(a))
genitive მზის(ა) (mzis(a))
instrumental მზით(ა) (mzit(a))
adverbial მზედ(ა) (mzed(a))
vocative მზევ (mzev)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of მზე (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (on - ) მზეზე (mzeze)
-თან (near - ) მზესთან (mzestan)
-ში (in - ) მზეში (mzeši)
-ვით (like a - ) მზესავით (mzesavit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (for - ) მზისთვის (mzistvis)
-ებრ (like a - ) მზისებრ (mzisebr)
-კენ (towards - ) მზისკენ (mzisḳen)
-გან (from/of - ) მზისგან (mzisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (from / since - ) მზიდან (mzidan)
-ურთ (together with - ) მზითურთ (mziturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (up to - ) მზემდე (mzemde)

Derived terms

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *mz₁e-.

Proper noun

მზე • (mze)

  1. Sun

Descendants

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 121
  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 327
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 289
  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “მზე”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 238
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