უ̂იჯ

Svan

Alternative forms
  • ჰუ̂იჯ (hûiǯ), ჰიჯუ̂ (hiǯû)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *ჯიუ̂ ← *გიუ̂ ← *გილ (*ǯiû ← *giû ← *gil), from Proto-Kartvelian *gwel-.[1][2]

Noun

უ̂იჯ • (ûiǯ) (plural უჯა̈რ or უჯარ)

  1. (dialectal) snake
    Synonym: ჰერწა̈მ (herc̣äm)
  2. (dialectal) grass snake (Natrix natrix)
    Synonym: შიხუ̄ლ (šixūl)

References
  1. Климов, Г. А. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, pages 61–62
  2. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 29

Further reading
  • Dondua, K. D. (2001), “ვიჯ”, 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 98a
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ვიჯ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 103b
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012), “გველი”, 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 80a
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “უ̂იჯ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, pages 1667, 2011
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