Proto-Lezghian: *mä[rƛ]
Meaning: handful
Lezghian: mekʷ
Tabasaran: miɣ
Agul: mex
Rutul: mäx
Tsakhur: mex
Kryz: mek
Budukh: mek
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. mex, Ag. Bursh. merš (this is the only form pointing to *-r-, but probably archaic). Obl. base *mi[rƛ]a- (cf. Tab. miɣa-, Kryz. mik-). 3d class in Kryz., Bud., 4th class in Rut.
Reconstruction of the final consonant is complicated (correspondencesare rather unique) - probably because of a specific development of the cluster *rƛ. In any case, there is no doubt that the consonant had been lateral (cf. reflexes in Lezg. dialects, Ag., Rut. and Tsakh.).
See Лексика 1971, 171.
