Georgi L. KapchitsSomali language and folklore · academic profile

All publications by year

A chronological register: twelve books and the editorial work, 1983 to 2022. Each entry gives the title as printed, the imprint, the ISBN and the reviews. Covers and annotations are in the catalogue, where the books are grouped by subject.

Annotated catalogue

  1. 1983
    Сомалийские пословицы и поговорки
    Somali Proverbs and Sayings
    In Somali and Russian, with Russian equivalents. Compiled and translated, with a preface and notes, by G. L. Kapchits. Nauka, Main Editorial Board for Oriental Literature, Moscow, 1983. 284 pp.
  2. 1996
    Waxaa la yidhi — Sheekooyin hidde ah
    Somali folktales, in Somali. Compiled, with a preface and notes, by G. L. Kapchits. Illustrations: Abdirashid Mohamed Jibril. OMIMEE Intercultural Publishers, Cologne, 1996. 304 pp.
  3. 1997
    Сомалийские народные сказки
    Somali Folk Tales
    In Russian. Compiled and translated from Somali, with a preface, glossary, notes and appendix, by G. L. Kapchits. Vostochnaya Literatura (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, 1997. 159 pp.
  4. 1998
    Qaamuuska maahmaahyada soomaaliyeed
    The Dictionary of Somali Proverbs
    In Somali. Collected and compiled by G. L. Kapchits. Vostochnaya Literatura (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, 1998. 207 pp.
  5. 2002
    Hubsiimo hal baa la siistaa
    To know something for sure, one would even part with a she-camel
    The most commonly used Somali proverbs, in Somali and English. The Way (Put'), Moscow, 2002. 216 pp. ISBN 5-86748-072-0
  6. 2005
    Sentence particles in the Somali language and their usage in proverbs
    Semitica et Semitohamitica Berolinensia, 4. Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 2005. ISBN 3-8322-4737-8
  7. 2006
    Faaliyihii la bilkeyday: Sheekaxariirooyin Soomaaliyeed
    A Soothsayer Tested: Somali Folktales
    115 tales with a parallel English translation. Compiled and translated by G. L. Kapchits. The Way (Put'), Moscow, 2006. 230 pp. ISBN 5-86748-051-8
  8. 2009
    Сомалийские пословицы и поговорки. 2-е издание
    Somali Proverbs and Sayings. 2nd edition
    In Somali and Russian, with Russian equivalents. Compiled and translated, with a preface and notes, by G. L. Kapchits. URSS, Moscow, 2009. 280 pp.
  9. 2012
    Soomaali been ma maahmaahdo
    Somalis do not lie in proverbs
    Bilingual, Somali and English: the 249 most commonly used proverbs and four thousand proverbs of various types. Ponte Invisibile, Pisa, 2012
  10. 2016
    Hubsiimo hal baa la siistaa
    To know something for sure, one would even part with a she-camel. 2nd edition
    Second edition; the imprint is being confirmed. Scansom Publishers, 2016
  11. 2016
    Четыре гиены: Сомалийские народные сказки
    Four Hyenas: Somali Folk Tales
    Trilingual, Russian — English — Somali; 132 texts. Compiled by G. L. Kapchits. URSS, Moscow, 2016. 424 pp. ISBN 978-5-9710-2703-4
  12. 2020
    Qaamuuska Casriga ah ee Maahmaahda Soomaaliyeed
    A Modern Dictionary of Somali Proverbs
    Bilingual, Somali and English; over 5,000 proverbs of every kind. Laashin, Katrineholm, 2020. 347 pp. ISBN 978-91-985439-7-1
  13. 2022
    Isha Cumar ka lulata
    The Knocked-Out Eye of the Hyena: Somali Folktales
    Bilingual, Somali and English; 172 traditional tales. Hiil Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1-912411-41-2

Editorial work

  1. 1988
    Г. Л. Пермяков. Основы структурной паремиологии
    Compilation and introductory article. Moscow, 1988
  2. 2001
    Пословицы и поговорки народов Востока
    Editor. Moscow, 2001
  3. 2014
    Aliqeyr Mohamed Nur. Dhibkii Dheef Baa Ka Dambaysay
    Introduction, c. 2014