Tsul/Tsvil-Based Vocabulary in Georgian (Diachronic Analysis)

Abstract

The present scientific article presents the vocabulary based on tsul/tsvil. The research is based on the diachronic analysis of ancient and modern Georgian language texts, dictionaries and dialectal data, the materials we found are also taken into account. The lexical unit of the old Georgian language "tsuli"  ("son", "man")  and the structure of lexemes derived from it, frequency of use, production, ancient and modern semantics, area of ​​distribution, modification of meaning, synonymous pairs and semantic connections are revealed. In Georgian, the regular equivalent of the stem "shvili" is "skiri"//"sk'iri" ("son" in Megrelian), which can be found in several surnames such as Tsulaia, Tsuladze.