Proto-Nakh: *=uħ
Meaning: 1 face 2 edge,blade 3 end 4 beginning
Chechen: jüħ 1,3
Ingush: juħ 1, duħ 4
Batsbi: juħ 1, duħ 2
Comments: In Chech. cf. also -üħ-ig 'end' (with changing class prefixes). In Bacb. the root is present also in the compound joħ-koṭŏ, doħ-koṭŏ 'face' and in adverbs -ujħ-ṭeχ (with changing class prefixes) 'face down', dujħrẽ 'at first' and juħal 'on the other side (of a river, ravine)'.
The same root served as stem in the derivate *ɦi-ri-n ( < *-uHi-ri-n) 'sharp' > Chech., Ing. ira, Bacb. ʕirĩ.
