Re: [tied] Kartvelian -shvili : patronymic?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:01:21 -0300 (ART), "Joao S. Lopes"
> <josimo70@...> wrote:
>
> >What's the meaning of suffix SHVILI in Kartvelian surnames? Is it

a patronymic? Does it mean "son of"?

> >For example Stalin's surname Djugashvili: Djuga's son?
>
> Yes. s^vili = son, child. What comes before it (e.g. Dz^uga-)

doesn't

> stand in the genitive (which would be Dz^ugais), so it looks like

simple

> apposition.
>

Since Iosif Dzhugashvili's father also bore the name, it can't
technically be a patronymic. Plus, he (I.D.) had what looks like a
regular Russian patronymic, "Vissarionovich".

Does the _-shvili_ ending change according to gender, that you're
aware of?