For some lexical peculiarities of “The Birds Shelterer” by Revaz Inanishvili

Abstract

The article looks upon some lexical peculiarities of “The Bird Shelterer” by Revaz Inanishvili – the collection published in 1978 (the publishing house “Merani”, Tbilisi). The collection is compiled from the miniatures and short stories. Revaz Inanishvili’s vocabulary is diverse. The words are taken from the real speech, and afterwards breathed new life. Particularly interesting are new lexical units created by the author, composites, which are made through various means. These often serve as a whole sentence, making phrases sound natural and sleek: gasuk^hebuli, davažk’acebuli, q’elgavsebuli; sop^hlis c’q’arost^han ħelk’ok’iani k^halebi …dganan; cħenic k’iserdagrĵelebuli mohq’veboda; ise ševida šin, ik^hac t’laħšerčenil p^heħsacmelebze iq’ureboda. Revaz Inanishvili’s language is rich in both widespread phraseologisms as well as his own ones: šegiĵliat^h, q’uri at^hħovot^h p^hot^hlis čamovardnis ħmas t’q’eši? Sanam ak^h gamomiq’vandnen, am ĵağlis saq’elosavit^h daundobel sop^helši, k^husli ar damidgia mic’ist^hvis, p^heħis c’verebze davdiodi dedop^h alivit^h; nut^hu vera ħedavt^h,rom muclebi mogvek^h ca t^havze; amist^hana ħarbi, sħvis t^h valši nacris mt^hvleli ħalħi meore arsad ik^h neba k^h veq’anaze. The author frequently addresses the forgotten lexical units and dialectisms: ise isadilos, gangias gasagisma! Deduna ħan ik’oħeboda da t’učebs busħavda, ħan t^h valebs abrc’q’inebda; [šeša]... k’edlis ĵiras aak’ok’oles; ert^hi p’at’ara mimq’udroebuli berikaci amoirčia;...gait’ena vagoni, mič’q’unes gogoc; šeč’ame eg k’erĵi, gaiq’ina da galelečda; čemi švilebis ħelši me q’velafersa var gamorčeuli; mašin gamoiğo čemma k’udianma dedamt^hilma ħut^h asi t^h umani, nik’olozis p^huli, dagunjalebuli…  The major part of the lexical peculiarities, detected in the author’s speech, are those providing picturesque characteristic of a subject or a phenomenon.