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) suffix -e is present in verbs with root ablaut: adig "s/he extinguished",
adŭg-e-s "is s/he extinguished", etc.
c) in Optative ending -i occurs when -e is elided in the 3rd person forms
in Aorist (in zero-suffix Aorist verbs): ankäč "s/he cut" - ankč-i-s "if
s/he cut", etc. (V. Topuria, 1967, p.164-167).
In Chan the Optative screeve (as well as present subjunctive) is
formed by the single suffix -a (in all persons and numbers):
(do)-p’- čar-a "if I write" (do)-p’- čar-a-t "if we write"
(do)-čar-a "if you write" (do)-čar-a-t "if you write"
(do)-čar-a -s "if s/he writes" (do)-čar-a-n "if they write"
The situation in Khevsurian is similar to that of Chan:
da-v-ċer-a da-v-ċer-a -t
da-ċer-a da-ċer-a-t
da-ċer-a-s da-ċer-a-n
-a/-e parallel markers are attested in 1 st and 2 nd
persons, singular
in Optative Screeve in Megrelian:
(do)-v/p’-čar-a/e "if I write" (do)-v/p’-čar-a-t "if we write"
(do)-čar-a/e "if you write" (do)-čar-a-t "if you write"
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(do)-čar-a-s "if s/he writes" (do)-čar-a-n "if they write"
Series 3 is characterized by morphological and syntactic specificities.
Comparing to literary Georgian, the principles of screeve formation
in Seris 3 is different in Megrelian, Chan and Svan; similarly to the
forms of Series 1 and 2, here the screeves are arranged according to the
conjugated stem; for instance, for Megrelian forms in Series 3 a stem of
Perfect Screeve represents a basic form: domiħantu (domixantu) -
domiħantudu (domixantudu) - domiħantudas (domixantudas "I
have painted-I had painted-may I paint".
310 I. Kipshidze has noted certain specificities in formation of Optative, namely: verbs
that are presented in Aorist with marker -ee, will have -ua/-ue ending in Optative: govtiree
–govtirua/govtirue “if I exchange”… (I. Kipshidze, 1914, p. 060).
In Optative -ua/-ue suffixes will be added to the forms incoprorating -i/-ii markers: vu ċii – vuċua/vuċue
“if I tell [to him/her]”, ptkvii – ptkuq/ptkue “if I say” (ibid.).
In the verbs of the discussed series the same -a/-e suffixes are attested as a marker of
Optative and Perfect Subjunctive, which occur in the parallel formation of subjunctives.
As for the vowel u, according to G. Rogava, it must be a reduced form of suffix -ev:
vogurua