დეც

Svan

Alternative forms
  • დეცა (deca)

Etymology

From Georgian ზეცა (zeca). Displaced the native term which is only extractible from ცა̈̄შ (cǟš, “Thursday”, literally “(day) of the sky”)

Noun

დეც • (dec)

  1. sky
  2. heaven
  3. palate (roof of the mouth)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Dondua, K. D. (2001), “დეც”, in Svansko-gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ (Lašxskij dialekt) [Svan-Georgian-Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologičeskaja biblioteka; 6), Revised and prepared for publication by Oniani A., Tbilisi: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University, page 79b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “დეც”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 94a
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012), “ცა, ზეცა”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Universal, page 227a
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “დეც”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 406
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