რუ

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Georgian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Georgian რუჲ (ruy), რუ (ru); see below.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

რუ (ru) (plural რუები)

  1. runnel

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Bats: რუ (ru), რუვ (ruv)

See also[edit]

Old Georgian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Klimov / Khalilov, an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian رود (rud, river, torrent).

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from the older form of Old Armenian առու (aṙu), before the addition of the prothetic ա- (a-)- to it.

Noun[edit]

რუ (ru)

  1. runnel

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 142, 208
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “რუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 349