Proto-Lezghian: *saʔV-
Meaning: dry
Kryz: säʔä
Budukh: saʔa
Comment: A Shakhdagh isogloss. Formally the word resembles a gerund (*saʔa-j), thus the root may have been originally verbal. In that case *s- may be analyzed as a preverb (rather frequent in Shakhdagh).
