Proto-Lezghian: *nušaj (~-iw-)
Meaning: sheep (about 2 years old)
Rutul: nüšej
Tsakhur: nušej
Comment: Morphologically seems to be formed from an adverb *nuš-; cf. Rut. šäs-aj "a one-year old lamb" from šäs "last year" (PL *šʷaI-s: q.v.). However, the root was used for denoting a two-year-old animal already in PNC, cf. the external evidence.
