ღრმა

Georgian

Alternative forms

რღმა (rɣma), ღმა (ɣma), რღიმე (rɣime) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Georgian ღრმაჲ (ɣrmay), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣrma- (“hole, pit”). Compare ხრამი (xrami, “precipice; ravine”), ultimately from the same source via Armenian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣrma/, [ʁɾma]
Hyphenation: ღრმა

Adjective

indeclinable

ღრმა • (ɣrma) (comparative უფრო ღრმა, superlative ყველაზე ღრმა)

deep, profound

Synonyms

გუბი (gubi)
სორო (soro)
ღრმული (ɣrmuli)
ხანი (xani)
ხვრელი (xvreli)
ხნარცვი (xnarcvi)
ორმო (ormo)

Antonyms

მარჩხობი (marčxobi)

Derived terms

სიღრმე (siɣrme)

See also

ხრამი (xrami)

References

Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ღრმა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 233-234
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 495-496

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