-ად

Georgian

Alternative forms
  • -დ (-d)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-ɑd/

Suffix

-ად • (-ad)

  1. Adverbial case marker
  2. Derives adverbs from adjectives and numerals
    კარგი (ḳargi, “good”) → კარგად (ḳargad, “well”)
    პირველი (ṗirveli, “first”) → პირველად (ṗirvelad, “firstly”)
  3. Derives a distributive number from numbers
  4. Derives a participle number from verbal nouns
    აალება (aaleba, “ignition”) → აალებადი (aalebadi, “inflammable”)

Usage notes
  • Suffixed to stems ending with a consonant. For vowel-ended stems see -დ (-d).
  • In spoken language, the letter დ (d) sometimes sounds like თ (t), and as a result, that forms are found in literature rarely.

Derived terms
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