სუფთა

Georgian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙean who follows Čubinov, possibly borrowed from an Iranian word in the family of Persian سفید‎ (safid, “white”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /supʰtʰa/

Adjective
indeclinable

სუფთა • (supta) (comparative უფრო სუფთა, superlative ყველაზე სუფთა)

  1. blank, pristine, clean, pure, spotless, stainless, unadulterated, unalloyed

Declension
Adjectival declension of სუფთა
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental სუფთა (supta)
ergative სუფთა (supta)
dative, adverbial სუფთა (supta)
vocative სუფთა (supta)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: սուփթա (supʿtʿa) – Tbilisi
  • → Udi: суъптаъ (su̱pta̱)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
  • Čubinov, David (1840), “სუფთა”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 471a
  • Čubinov, David (1887), “სუფთა”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1202

Further reading
  • Giorgaʒe, Grigol (1999), “О характере некоторых индоевропейско–грузинских (картвельских) языковых параллелей [On the nature of some Indo-European – Georgian (Kartvelian) language parallels]”, in Xetologiuri da kartvelologiuri ʒiebani [Hittitological and kartwelological researches], Tbilisi: Logosi, page 163, connects with Hittite 𒋗𒌒𒁉𒅖 (šu-up-pí-iš /šuppi-/, “purified, sacred”)
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