ნათელი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნათელი (nateli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e-, from *nat-. Cognate with Mingrelian ნოთე (note, “ray of light”) and Laz ნოთე (note, “კვარი”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɑtʰɛli/
  • Hyphenation: ნა‧თე‧ლი

Adjective
Adjectival declension of ნათელი
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental ნათელი (nateli)
ergative ნათელმა (natelma)
dative, adverbial ნათელ (natel)
vocative ნათელო (natelo)

ნათელი • (nateli) (comparative უფრო ნათელი, superlative ყველაზე ნათელი)

  1. lighted, light
  2. (figuratively) obvious, blatant
    ნათელი მაგალითი
    nat'eli magalit'i
    blatant example

Derived terms
  • მზესავით ნათელი (mzesavit nateli)

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e-, from *nat-, which is one of the largest terms by number of derivatives.

Adjective

ნათელი • (nateli)

  1. (figuratively) obvious, blatant
  2. clean

Noun

ნათელი • (nateli)

  1. light
  2. (beam of light) ray
  3. candle

Descendants

References
  • 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 353
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 137
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313
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