Proto-Lezghian: *ʔiƛ̣:a-
Meaning: 1 to run 2 to drive, urge 3 to let
Tabasaran: uṭ-u=k:- 2
Agul: uk:- 1
Rutul: hi=iga- 2
Tsakhur: ʁa=jk:a- 3
Comment: Cf. also Rut. si=iga- 'to let'. Cf. the characteristic reflexes of *-ƛ̣:- in Rutul dialects: Shin. ji=ɨka- 'to drive', Mükhr. jiqag:ɨ-n 'expelling, exile' (-g:- is also preserved in Luch. in the 1st class forms: aor. hig:ɨr, imper. hiwig:ɨ). All forms reflect either *ʔiƛ̣:a- or the Ablaut grade *ʔoƛ̣:a-. In Agul the root is interacting in a complicated manner with another PL root, *ʔarke- q.v.: in Bursh. we have q-ark:a-s 'to drive' (with -r- under the influence of q-arki-s 'to go away') against üki-s 'to run' (with -ki- under the same influence; cf. also arki-s 'to get into, to reach').
