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Proto-Lezghian: *k:ätuj (/-a-,-ij)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cat
Lezghian: k:ac (k:aci-)
Tabasaran: gatu
Agul: gita-n
Rutul: gät
Kryz: gäč
Budukh: gǝč
Archi: gatu
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. k:ac (k:aci-), Ag. Bursh. getʷ. 3d class in all class-distinguishing languages.

    The final *-j is clearly seen in forms like Tab. Kand. plur. gatuj-ir. The original disyllabic structure of the root is evident from the Lezg., Kryz. and Bud. forms, where the dental *t was palatalized before a front vowel (*-tij > Lezg. -ci, Kryz., Bud. -či). Afterwards the final -i in these languages (also in Rut.) was reinterpreted as the oblique stem vowel and was lost in the direct base.

    The forms reveal a variation of reflexes (*a or *ä in the first syllable, *u or *i - in the second). The most probable solution is to reconstruct an original protoform like *k:ätuj (with different directions of vowel assimilation in later reflexes); thus the most archaic is the modern Ag. (Bursh.) form getʷ. It is interesting to note that the root even has traces of old Ablaut *ä/*i, cf. Rut. gät, obl. git-ɨrɨ-.

    See Бокарев 1961, 62; Лексика 1971, 153; Гигинейшвили 1977, 79-80.

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