მყარი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მყარი (mq̇ari).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mqʼari/
  • Hyphenation: მყა‧რი

Adjective
Adjectival declension of მყარი
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental მყარი (mq̇ari)
ergative მყარმა (mq̇arma)
dative, adverbial მყარ (mq̇ar)
vocative მყარო (mq̇aro)

მყარი • (mq̇ari) (comparative უფრო მყარი, superlative ყველაზე მყარი)

  1. solid, hard, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, stony, sure-footed, cast-iron
  2. unyielding

Synonyms

Old Georgian

Adjective

მყარი • (mq̇ari)

  1. hard, solid, firm

Descendants
  • Georgian: მყარი (mq̇ari)

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “მყარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 304a
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 251
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 127
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