Georgian

Alternative forms

• -დ ‎(-d)

Suffix

-ად • ‎(-ad)

1. Adverbial case marker
2. Derives adverbs from adjectives and numerals

   კარგი ‎(ḳargi, “good”) → კარგად ‎(ḳargad, “well”)

   პირველი ‎(ṗirveli, “first”) → პირველად ‎(ṗirvelad, “firstly”)

3. Derives a distributive number from numbers
4. Derives a participle number from verbal nouns

   აალება ‎(aaleba, “ignition”) → აალებადი ‎(aalebadi, “inflammable”)

Usage notes

• Suffixed to stems ending with a consonant. For vowel-ended stems see -დ ‎(-d).
• In spoken language, the letter დ ‎(d) sometimes sounds like თ ‎(t), and as a result, that forms are found in literature rarely.

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