жӏаьла

Chechen

Etymology

Borrowed from substrate, from Old Georgian ძაღლი (ʒaɣli). Cognates include Ingush жӏалӣ (žˀalii).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒˤæl(a)/, /ˈʒˤal(a)/

Noun

жӏаьла • (žˀäla) class dd

1. dog

Declension

Declension of жӏаьла

	singular	plural
nominative	жӏаьла (žˀäla)	жӏаьлеш (žˀäleš)
genitive	жӏаьлин (žˀälin)	жӏаьлийн (žˀäliı̇n)
dative	жӏаьлина (žˀälina)	жӏаьлешна (žˀälešna)
ergative	жӏаьло̄ (žˀäloo)	жӏаьле̄ша (žˀäleeša)
allative	жӏаьле̄ (žˀälee)	жӏаьлешка (žˀäleška)
instrumental	жӏаьлица (žˀälica)	жӏаьлешца (žˀälešca)
lative	жӏаьлех (žˀälex)	жӏаьлех (žˀälex)
comparative	жӏаьлел (žˀälel)	жӏаьлел (žˀälel)

References

• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “жӏаьла”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 113b