жакӏэ
Adyghe
Alternative forms
- жакӏьэ (žakʲʼɛ) (Shapsug)
Etymology
Literally, ‘mouth's tail’, from жэ (žɛ, “mouth”) + кӏэ (kʼɛ, “tail”). Cognate with Kabardian жьакӏэ (źakʼɛ). The word may be recontructible at the Proto-Circassian level as *žāḳ’ā /ʒaːkʼʲa/.
Abkhaz а-жакьа (a-ẑakʲʼa), Abaza жакӏьа (žakʲʼa), Ubykh жакӏьэ (ẑakʼʔʲe, “beard”) are borrowed from Circassian languages. See the first for more.
Iron Ossetian за́чъе (záḱ’e, “beard”), Digor Ossetian закъӕ (zak’æ, “beard”), зекъӕ (zek’æ, “chin”), Mingrelian ბჟაკე (bžaḳe, “beard”) are borrowed from Northwest Caucasian languages.
Pronunciation
Noun
жакӏэ́ • (žakʼɛ́)
Declension
declension of жакӏэ
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | жакӏэ (žakʼɛ) | жакӏэхэ (žakʼɛxɛ) |
| nominative | жакӏэр (žakʼɛr) | жакӏэхэр (žakʼɛxɛr) |
| ergative | жакӏэм (žakʼɛm) | жакӏэхэмэ (žakʼɛxɛmɛ) |
| instrumental | жакӏэ(м)кӏэ (žakʼɛ(m)kʼɛ) | жакӏэхэ(м)кӏэ (žakʼɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ) |
| invertive | жакӏэу (žakʼɛwu) | жакӏэхыу (žakʼɛxəwu) |
References
- Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages][1] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 199
- Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 67
- Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz[2], Leiden, page 92
- Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 285