მელა
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Georgian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Georgian მელი (meli), the -ა (-a) is a petrified diminutive suffix. Ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mal- (“fox”). Cognate with Mingrelian მალი (mali).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- fox
- (colloquial) fox fur
- (figurative, colloquial) crafty, insinuating person
Inflection
[edit] Declension of მელა (see Georgian declension)
singular | plural | archaic plural | |
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nominative | მელა (mela) | ||
ergative | მელამ (melam) | ||
dative | მელას(ა) (melas(a)) | ||
genitive | მელას(ა) (melas(a)) | ||
instrumental | მელათ(ა) (melat(a)) | ||
adverbial | მელად(ა) (melad(a)) | ||
vocative | მელავ (melav) | ||
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. |
Postpositional inflection of მელა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
-ზე (on - ) | მელაზე (melaze) | |
-თან (near - ) | მელასთან (melastan) | |
-ში (in - ) | მელაში (melaši) | |
-ვით (like a - ) | მელასავით (melasavit) | |
postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
-თვის (for - ) | მელასთვის (melastvis) | |
-ებრ (like a - ) | მელასებრ (melasebr) | |
-კენ (towards - ) | მელასკენ (melasḳen) | |
-გან (from/of - ) | მელასგან (melasgan) | |
postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
-დან (from / since - ) | მელადან (meladan) | |
-ურთ (together with - ) | მელათურთ (melaturt) | |
postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
-მდე (up to - ) | მელამდე (melamde) |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- წითური მელა (c̣ituri mela, “red fox”)
References
[edit]- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “მელა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
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