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The <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>ms with i-za ending appear in Lechkhumian as well: madliz-a<br />

"<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> grace", momavl-iz-a "<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> the future", gul-iz-a "<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> the sake of,<br />

<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> the heart", etc. (B. J<strong>or</strong>benadze, 1989, p. 503); and in Rachan: tav-izda<br />

"<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> one’s sake", amb-iz-da "<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> the matter", etc. (B. J<strong>or</strong>benadze,<br />

1989, p. 414).<br />

Thus, the Megrelian adessive is identical to the relevant <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>ms in<br />

Svan and Pkhovian dialects, as well as Gurian, Imeretian and<br />

Lechkhumian dialects in terms of <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>m and sematics. (cf. the Genitive<br />

derived Adverbial case is used <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> possession in Old Ge<strong>or</strong>gian as well:<br />

da vkmnet sami ţalavari: erti šendad, ert moseysad, erti eliaysad "and<br />

let us make three tabernacles; one <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> thee, and one <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> Moses, and one<br />

<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> Elias", Mark 9).<br />

The Directional case is <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>med by adding the Adverbial case suffix<br />

a (a) of the Adverbial case is<br />

mainly represented in the Directional case, the consonant seems lost<br />

(though it is preserved in –da <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>m in the pronoun).<br />

In Megrelian the <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>ms with suffix –da express direction: skan-da<br />

"towards you, with you", čkin-da "towards us, with us"… In literary<br />

Ge<strong>or</strong>gian and some of the dialects it expresses purpose): šen-da "<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong><br />

you"… imiza "<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> the need of it"...<br />

In archaic Ge<strong>or</strong>gian the <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>ms with da>a suffix (čem-da, matda/mat-a,<br />

mis-a, etc.) express both possessive purpose and direction (T.<br />

Sharadzenidze, 1956, pp. 425-426; I. Imnaishvili, 1957, pp. 493-495, etc.). It<br />

has lost the directional function and maintained that of the possessive<br />

purpose. In Megrelian the <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>ms with da>a suffix have the remaining<br />

directional function, as <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> the function of possessive purpose, it is attested<br />

in suffix <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>m o(t) (

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