# ნიყვი
## Georgian
### Alternative forms

* ნიკვი (niḳvi) — Guria

### Etymology

According to Fähnrich, from Proto-Kartvelian *niq̇w- and cognate with Svan ნე̄ყუ̂ი (nēq̇ûi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [niχʼʷi]
* Hyphenation: ნიყ‧ვი

### Noun

ნიყვი • (niq̇vi) (plural ნიყვები)
* Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea)
    Synonyms: სოკოწითელა (soḳoc̣itela) (Imereti), სოკოკვერცხა (soḳoḳvercxa), მარქვალა (markvala) (Guria), მინდვრის ზოკო (mindvris zoḳo) (Mtiuleti)

#### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

#### Descendants

* →? Mingrelian: ნიყვი (niq̇vi)

### References

* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 321
* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz (2016) Die Kartwelier: Grundsprache, Kultur, Lebensraum (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 10
* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz (2019) Der Erbwortschatz der Kartwelsprachen [The inherited vocabulary of Kartvelian languages] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 53

### Further reading

* Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ნიყვი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
* “Amanita caesarea (Scop.) Pers.”, in Sakartvelos soḳoebisa da likenebis etnobiologia [Ethnobiology of fungi and lichens of Georgia] (overall work in Georgian and English), 2014–2017
* Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ნიყვი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 488b
* Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ნიყვი, სოკოწითელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
* “ნიკვი”, in Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2014

## Mingrelian
### Etymology

Supposedly borrowed from Georgian ნიყვი (niq̇vi).

### Noun

ნიყვი • (niq̇vi) (plural ნიყვეფი)
* Alternative form of ლიყვი (liq̇vi, “European mistletoe”) (Viscum album)
* Synonym of მარქვალიშ გური (markvališ guri, “Caesar's mushroom”) (Amanita caesarea)

### Further reading

* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნიყვი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1049
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ნიყვი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 290a, glossed as Viscum album
* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ლიყვი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, glossed as Viscum album
* Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ლიყვი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, glossed as Viscum album