Nakh etymology : Query result

Proto-Nakh: *ʔulχ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: honeycombs

Chechen: ulχ

Ingush: ulχ

Comments: 4th class in both languages. Obl. base *ʔulχa- (Chech. ulχa-, Ing. ulχo), but a trace of the older oblique base *ʔalχV- is preserved in Chech. plur. alχaš. Cf. also Pharch. urχ id.

Proto-Nakh: *ʔurd (~ɦ-,-ṭ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plot of arable land, allotment

Chechen: urd

Ingush: urd

Comments: Obl. base *ʔurde- (Chech. ürda-, Ing. urdo) is probably recent; more archaic is the stem *ʔardo-, preserved in plural (Chech. arda-š, Ing. orda-š) and pointing to a short root vowel in PN (otherwise in Ing. ɔ- would be expected). 3d class in both languages.

Proto-Nakh: *ʔurχ ( ~ -ū-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: reins

Chechen: urχ

Ingush: urχ

Batsbi: urχ (Imnaishvili)

Comments: 3d class in Chech., 4th class in Ing. Obl. base *ʔurχe- ( ~ -ū-), cf. Chech. ürχa-, Ing. urχo (the Ablaut grade *ʔarχV- is also present in Chech. pl. arχaš).

Proto-Nakh: *ʕāq̇i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stone plate, flat stone

Chechen: ēq̇a

Ingush: ʕäq̇a

Batsbi: ajq̇ĭ

Comments: 4th class in Chech., Ing., 6th class in Bacb. Cf. also Chech. Cheb., Shar. ʕāq̇i, Lev. ʕēq̇i id. and a derivate: Chech. ōq̇am ( < *ʕāq̇u-m) 'boulder; block of ice'.

Proto-Nakh: *ʕārč̣i-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: black

Chechen: ʕärža

Ingush: ʕärža

Batsbi: ʕarč̣ĩ

Comments: Cf. Cheb. ʕāržĩ, Khild. ʕēržĩ etc. The vowelless base *ʕārč̣- is preserved in Chech. ʕarž-dan, Bacb. ʕarč̣-dar "to paint black".

Proto-Nakh: *ʕāsse

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: calf

Chechen: ēsa

Ingush: ʕasa

Batsbi: āsĕ

Comments: The Bacb. notation of Kadagidze (āsĕ) stands obviously for assĕ (Bacb. has lost long vowels); cf. also assĕ in Imnaishvili's notation.

Obl. base *ʕāssi- (cf. Chech. ēsa-, Ing. ʕäso); 3d class in Chech., Ing., 5th class in Bacb. Cf. also a derived form: Bacb. asaʔŏ (Imnaishvili: assaʔŏ) 'heifer'.

Proto-Nakh: *ʡabiḳ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spoon

Chechen: ʕajg

Ingush: ʕag

Batsbi: ʕabiḳ

Comments: 6th class in all languages. Cf. also Pharch. ʕabǝḳ (either reflecting an early assimilation > *ʡāṗiḳ or a loan from Andian languages).

Proto-Nakh: *ʡadurV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mountain stream (after rain or thawing)

Chechen: ʕowr-aš

Comments: The Chech. form is a pluralis tantum. The reconstruction is tentative (without Bacb. it is impossible to establish whether PN had here *-d-, *-b-, *-g- or *-w-, as well as the precise PN vowel quality and quantity).

Proto-Nakh: *ʡa(gV)b ( ~ -ā-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 millet 2 groats

Chechen: ʕow

Ingush: ʕow

Comments: 4th class in both languages. Since there is no Bacb. parallel, the reconstruction is rather tentative (*ʡagVb, corresponding to Av. ogób etc., is the most probable choice).

Proto-Nakh: *ʡa-/*ʡē-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sit 2 stay 3 be in a quiet state

Chechen: ʕ-/ʕē- 1,3

Ingush: ʕe- 2

Batsbi: ʕe-/ʕa- 1

Comments: PN dur. *ʕa-, term. *ʕē-; in Bacb. the stem is preserved only in the compound ʕe-aʁ- / ʕa-aʁ- "sit".

Proto-Nakh: *ʡāṭɦ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bow, spring; catapult

Chechen: ʕad

Ingush: ʕad

Batsbi: ʕaṭq̇

Comments: Obl. base *ʡāṭɦo-, cf. Chech. ʕōda-, Ing. ʕado. 3d class in Chech., Ing., 5th class in Bacb. Nakh > Av. ʕaṭ 'string, bow-string'.

Proto-Nakh: *ʡāχV-r

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lamb

Chechen: ʕāχar

Ingush: ʕäχar

Batsbi: ʕaχr-ob

Comments: PN -r is probably a former plural suffix (cf. the second plural affix added in the Bacb. form). 6th class in all languages.

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