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1. dialects, which are characterized by simple-stem formation without
thematic markers (it includes the verbs which employ –av thematic
marker in order to differ from the stem of Series 2);
2. idioms in which the stem is complicated by the thematic marker.
The stem of the present screeve defines the structure of other
forms in Series 1; if a stem of the present screeve is formed without a
thematic marker, similarly, the imperfect and present subjunctive will
be formed without a thematic marker, and vice versa, if a verb employs
a thematic marker in present, it will occur in all other screeves that incoproprate
a present stam as their basis.
Archaic formation (the one without a thematic marker) is present mainly
in Pkhovian and Svan dialects: Khevsurian: ħ- ĥoc-s "s/he is killing", stib-s
"s/he is mowing", ğ-recħ-s "s/he is washing"... Svan: Lentekhian: aĥn-i,
a-ĥän-i "he is plowing"...
It is relatively rare in other dialects: tes-s "s/he is sowing", recħ-s
"s/he is washing" (Imeretian); ħvet-s "s/he is sweeping", čeħ-s "s/he is chopping",
ķeţ-s "s/he is closing" (Gurian); tib-s "s/he is mowing", naq-s "s/he is
pounding" (Acharan); recħ-s "s/he is washing", ķep'-s "s/he is hacking sth up"
(Rachan)…
The formation involving a thematic marker is typical to the Kartlian,
Kakhetian, Ingilo, Samtskhean, Javakhian, Imeretian, Lechkhumian,
Gurian, Acharan, Megrelian and Chan dialects, for instance, v-ċerav
(Kartlian, Kakhetian); v-ċer-am (Javakhian); p'-ĉar-un-k (Megrelian); vĉarup/um
(Chan) "I am writing".
In Megrealian and Chan unification is completed: all transitive
verbs have a thematic marker. Comparing to other dialects the process
has gone further in Megrelian-Chan where differences in stems of
present and aorist completely depend on presence-absence of a thematic
marker: ĉar-un-s "s/he is writing" (present) _ do-ĉar-u "s/he wrote" (aorist),
ħanţ-un-s "s/he is painting" (present) _do-ħanţ-u "s/he painted" (aorist).
No special marker is added to the transitive verbs in present
screeve in the literary language. This is true of the large part of the dialects.
In Svan dialects the present stem ends with i,e,a markers or is
unmarked: aħţ-äw-i "s/he is paingin", amār-e "s/he is preparing", ħaqa "s/he
has", agem "s/he is building/constructing"…
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