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ყრუ

ყრუ

Georgian

Noun

ყრუ (q̇ru) (plural ყრუები)

  1. deaf person
  2. Used to address a person who does not respond to someone

Inflection

Adjective

ყრუ(q̇ru) (comparative უფრო ყრუ, superlative ყველაზე ყრუ)

  1. deaf
  2. (figuratively, of village, country etc.) unpopulated
  3. (figuratively, of village, country etc.) retarded
  4. (figuratively, of voice) deep, obscure

Synonyms

  • (deaf): სმენადაქვეითებული (smenadakveitebuli)
  • (unpopulated): მიყრუებული (miq̇ruebuli)
  • (retarded): ჩამორჩენილი (čamorčenili), გაუნათლებელი (gaunatlebeli)

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • ყრუ-მუნჯი (q̇ru-munǯi)
  • დაყრუება (daq̇rueba)
  • ყრუ თანხმოვანი (q̇ru tanxmovani)
  • აყრუებს (aq̇ruebs)
  • გააყრუებს (gaaq̇ruebs)

Related terms

References

  • Arnold Čikobava et al., editors (1950–64), ყრუ”, in kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ur-u-, from *q̇ur- (ear)

Noun

ყრუ (q̇ru)

  1. a deaf person

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ყრუ”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 468
  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 544
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 246
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 522