шъынэ

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *śʷǝ(na).[1] Cognate with Kabardian щынэ (śənɛ). Note also Svan ჟინაღ (žinaɣ), a Circassian borrowing.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

шъынэ (ŝənɛ)

  1. lamb

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*śʷǝ(na)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers