Irregular Georgian Verbs

As the name implies, irregular Georgian verbs have to be learned individually because they do not follow any of the patterns of the conjugation classes I-III. Note that depending on the Georgian grammar or textbook you use, the number of irregular verbs differs quite substantially. What is a truely "irregular" verb? Is any verb which differs from a certain conjugation scheme in only the aorist already an irregular verb or is it just a variation of this conjugation scheme, an exception (but still within) this conjugation scheme?

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I suggest we leave this question to the kartvelogists and linguists to fight about and use a system that helps the foreign learner to get a good overview over the Georgian verb system and help them to associate a certain verb with any of the given conjugation schemes as often as possible. That should minimize the number of different conjugations one has to learn. I believe that it should be easier to learn verb A as "It belongs to the conjugation scheme X but the aorist is -ი/-ა with alternation instead of the usual -ე/-ო." than to learn said verb A as "It is an irregular verb with its own unique conjugation scheme."

Therefore the list of irregular Georgian verbs on kartuliena.eu is comparatively short, whereas the list of variations and exceptions to the existing conjugation schemes tends to be longer than in other grammars.

Learn these irregular verbs individually:

Irregular verbs with -ი/-ა aorist/imperfect:

Irregular verbs with -ი/-ო aorist:

Abuladze & Ludden (2006): §44, p. 205.