Proto-Lezghian: *hIɨ(m)ƛ̣:ä-
Meaning: thin, narrow
Lezghian: šüḳü
Tabasaran: k:u-ru
Agul: ik:e-f, k:et:u-f
Rutul: ged-dɨ
Tsakhur: hɨIk:e-n
Kryz: kɨ-tä-d
Budukh: kɨtti
Comment: The pure root may be observed in Ag. and Tsakh.; the Lezg. form (cf. also Khl. šk:i) has an expressive prefix š-, while the Tab., Rut. and Shakh-dagh forms contain productive adjective suffixes -r- and -t:-. Because of the early vowel reduction in most languages, the medial nasal *-m- (which can be reconstructed on external evidence) has vanished in all languages.
Cf. Хайдаков 1973, 111.
