წინ

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• IPA^(key): [t͡sʼin]
• Hyphenation: წინ

წინ • (c̣in)

1. (of direction) forward, ahead

   წინ გავიხედე. ― c̣in gavixede. ― I looked ahead.

2. (of position) in front, ahead

   წინ არის (colloquial)

   c̣in aris

   he (she) has some success (in studies, work)

   (literally, “be ahead”)

• უკან (uḳan)

წინ • (c̣in)

1. in front of, before

   Antonym: უკან (uḳan)

   სახლის წინ ― saxlis c̣in ― in front of the house

2. ago

   Synonym: წინათ (c̣inat)

   Antonym: შემდეგ (šemdeg)

   სამი თვის წინ ― sami tvis c̣in ― three months ago

• The postposition takes nouns in the genitive case.

წინ • (c̣in)

1. go, forward

• წინა (c̣ina)
• წინა- (c̣ina-)

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “წინ”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press