ვრატკუმს

Laz

Etymology

From ვრატკ- (vraťǩ-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *berṭq̇-.

Pronunciation

Verb

ვრატკუმს • (vraťǩums) (Latin spelling vraťǩums) (Arkabi)

  1. to shake or whisk (something with one's hand or an object), to strike or beat (to remove dust)
    Synonyms: ფათხუმს (patxums), გეფათხუმს (gepatxums), გოვრატკუმს (govraťǩums)
    Ნუსაქ ხალი გჲოკიდუ დო ბიგათე ვრატკუმს.
    Nusak xali gyoǩidu do bigate vraťǩums.
    The bride hung the rug and beat it with a stick.
  2. (figurative) to talk nonsense, to babble, to ramble
    Synonyms: ნჩხალუმს (nçxalums), ფათხუმს (patxums), ქანჩუმს (kançums), გოშუბღამს (goşubğams), ამუტალაფს (amuťalaps), ბარბალაფს (barbalaps)
    მოთ-ვრატკუმ
    mot-vraťǩum
    Don't be ridiculous

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “vrat’k’ums”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ოვრატკუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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