დალაბრა

Georgian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dalabra, from Latin dolābra (“pickaxe”), perhaps via an unattested Byzantine Greek term. Very close in form to Old Armenian դալապր (dalapr) borrowed from the same source.

The word must have originally referred to a kind of axe, whence Old Georgian გამოდალაბრვა (gamodalabrva, “to dig, cut, gouge out”).

Adjective

indeclinable

დალაბრა • (dalabra) (comparative უფრო დალაბრა, superlative ყველაზე დალაბრა)

1. blunt (of an axe, knife etc.)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դալապր”, 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 612b
• Tschenkéli, Kita (1960–1974) “დალაბრა”, in Georgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, appeared in 26 fascicles, since fascicle 8 edited by Yolanda Marchev, Zürich: Amirani-Verlag, page 236a