თავი

See also: -თავი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian თავი (tavi), from Proto-Kartvelian *taw-; see there for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰavi/
  • Hyphenation: თა‧ვი

Noun

თავი • (tavi) (plural თავები)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. chapter
  3. topmost, foremost or leading part.
    1. top (of a mountain, etc.)
    2. end (of a table, etc.)
    3. cap, cover (of a bottle, etc.)
  4. initial part (of an article, chapter, novel, etc.)
    1. cause
  5. head, leader
    1. starter (of a fight, etc.)
  6. (obsolete) important, main
  7. unit
    სამი თავი ნიორი
    sami tavi niori
    three units of garlic

Inflection

 
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Declension of თავი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative თავი (tavi) თავები (tavebi) თავნი (tavni)
ergative თავმა (tavma) თავებმა (tavebma) თავთ(ა) (tavt(a))
dative თავს(ა) (tavs(a)) თავებს(ა) (tavebs(a)) თავთ(ა) (tavt(a))
genitive თავის(ა) (tavis(a)) თავების(ა) (tavebis(a)) თავთ(ა) (tavt(a))
instrumental თავით(ა) (tavit(a)) თავებით(ა) (tavebit(a))
adverbial თავად(ა) (tavad(a)) თავებად(ა) (tavebad(a))
vocative თავო (tavo) თავებო (tavebo) თავნო (tavno)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of თავი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (on - ) თავზე (tavze) თავებზე (tavebze)
-თან (near - ) თავთან (tavtan) თავებთან (tavebtan)
-ში (in - ) თავში (tavši) თავებში (tavebši)
-ვით (like a - ) თავივით (tavivit) თავებივით (tavebivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (for - ) თავისთვის (tavistvis) თავებისთვის (tavebistvis)
-ებრ (like a - ) თავისებრ (tavisebr) თავებისებრ (tavebisebr)
-კენ (towards - ) თავისკენ (tavisḳen) თავებისკენ (tavebisḳen)
-გან (from/of - ) თავისგან (tavisgan) თავებისგან (tavebisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (from / since - ) თავიდან (tavidan) თავებიდან (tavebidan)
-ურთ (together with - ) თავითურთ (taviturt) თავებითურთ (tavebiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (up to - ) თავამდე (tavamde) თავებამდე (tavebamde)

Derived terms

Pronoun

თავი • (tavi)

  1. self

Derived terms

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *taw- (“head”).

Noun

თავი • (tavi)

  1. head
  2. topmost, foremost or leading part.
  3. head, leader
    1. starter (of a fight, etc.)
  4. important, main

Descendants
  • Georgian: თავი (tavi)

References
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 226
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 66
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “თავი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 172
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