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with the attributive modifier in case, rather than in number. Although,
the relationship of the vowel-final-stem and consonant-final-stem modifiers
with the modified differs: vowel-final-stem modifier is
represented in the form of stem (p’aţara ħl sa -i, p’aţara saħl -ma, etc.),
while the consonant-final-stem modifier is combined with the case
marker (did-i saħl-i, did-ma saħl-ma, etc.).
In Old Georgian modifier governed by the modified quite often
agreed with the modified in case and number: rebeķaysi ĵmay, ķaċisas
grĵnobas.
The modifier-modified syntactical relationship in Megrelian-
Chan-Svan is generally homogeneous.
The attributive (both the vowel-final-stem and consonant-finalstem)
modifier when in combination with the modified is not changed in
number and case. For instance,
Megrelian: ĉiĉe ĵğabi "little girl", ĉiĉe ĵğabik, ĉiĉe ĵğabis, ĉiĉe ĵğabiš(i),
ĉiĉe ĵğabit(i), ĉiĉe ĵğabit... 313
Chan: morderi ĉuķanite "with the large pot" (Arn.
Chikobava, 1936, pp. 68-69; El. LomtTadze, 1954, pp. 210-211); Svan: pŭri
bale "a red leaf", pŭri bale-d, pŭri bale-s, pŭri balēmiš, pŭri bale-wš, pŭri bale-d
(A. Oniani, 1998, p. 96).
Similar situation is also attested in Imeretian, Lechkhumian, Gurian,
Acharan, Kartlian, Kakhetian, Fereydanian, Livanan, etc. dialects:
Imeretian: didi ķeţis, bevri apħaniķebs (K. Dzotsenidze, 1973, p. 296);
Lechkhumian: sami batmanma, sami batmans (Sh. Dzidziguri, 1974, p. 174);
Acharan: teli sopelma, uncrosi ĵmam (Sh. Nizharadze, 1961, p. 114); Gurian:
didi ķacma, didi ķacs ( B. Jorbenadze, 1989, p. 536); Kartlian: beberi kalma,
ķoĉli gogom (Gr. Imnaishvili, 1974, p. 234); Kakhetian: mdidari ķacsa, aħali
raions (A. Martirosov, Gr. Imnaishvili, 1956, p. 124); Fereydanian: čemi
amħanagebmac, ķargi sauzmes (Arn. Chikobava, 1927, p. 215), etc.
Modifier, governed by the modified, in Megrelian-Chan-Svan is
also in Genitive case: Megrelian: ķočiš(i) ¥ud e "a man’s house", ķočiš(i)
¥udek... Chan: bereš(i) nana "a child’s mother", bereš(i) nanak... Svan: ĥäni(š)
muĉ "an ox’s horn", ĥäni(š) muĉ -d, ĥäni(š) muĉ -s, ĥäni(š) muĉ -iš, ĥäni(š)
muĉwš, ĥäni(š) muĉ-d (A. Oniani, 1998, p. 98). A Genitive case marker is
phonetically modified: okroy burti (Kartlian), rķiniy ķari (Kakhetian), toħi
313 In Megrelian-Chan a modifier often losses suffix -i in Nominative case and is presented
in the form of stem: did ķoč-i “great man”, did ķočik… žur ķoči “two men”, sum
bee “three children”, etc.
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