აღა
Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).
Noun
[edit]აღა • (ağa) (Latin spelling ağa)
- lord, master, agha
- არქაბი წოხლე სუმოთხო აღაზ დოლოქაჩუტუდორენ
- arkabi ǯoxle sumotxo ağaz dolokaçuťudoren
- In the past, Arkabi was owned by three or four aghas
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | აღა (ağa) | აღაფე (ağape) | |
| ergative | აღაქ (ağak) | აღაფექ (ağapek) | |
| dative | აღას (ağas) | აღაფეს (ağapes) | |
| genitive | აღაშ(ი) (ağaş(i)) | აღაფეშ(ი) (ağapeş(i)) | |
| directive | აღაშე (ağaşe) | აღაფეშე (ağapeşe) | |
| ablative | აღაშენ (ağaşen) | აღაფეშენ (ağapeşen) | |
| locative | აღას (ağas) | აღაფეს (ağapes) | |
| instrumental | აღათენ (ağaten) | აღაფეთენ (ağapeten) | |
| Notes: dialects may differ on declension. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ağa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აღა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi