къаж

Chechen

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aaḳ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʼaʒ/
  • Hyphenation: къаж
  • Rhymes: -aʒ

Noun

къаж • (qʼažclass j

  1. sedge
  2. grass, greenery, spring vegetation, spring bloom
Declension

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Alternative forms
  • къаг class d (qʼag)Itum-Qalle

References

  • Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 49
  • Nichols, Johanna, Vagapov, Arbi (2004) “къаж”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 138b

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aač̣.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʼaːʒ/
  • Hyphenation: къа̄ж
  • Rhymes: -aːʒ

Noun

къа̄ж • (qʼaažclass jj

  1. combed wool
Declension

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References

  • Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961) Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 238

Ingush

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aaḳ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʼaʒ/, /qʼaːd͡ʒ/
  • Hyphenation: къа̄ж
  • Rhymes: -aʒ, -aːd͡ʒ

Noun

къаж or къа̄ж • (qʼaž or qʼaažclass d

  1. feathergrass
  2. dry grass
Declension

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References

  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “къаж”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 95b
  • Kodzojev, Timur (2010) “къаж”, in Модернизированный ингушско-русский словарь [Modernized Ingush–Russian Dictionary] (in Russian), Nazran: Piligrim, page 661a
  • Doshlorg—Ingush online dictionary: къаж, къа̄ж

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aač̣.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʼaːd͡ʒ/
  • Hyphenation: къа̄ж
  • Rhymes: -aːd͡ʒ

Noun

къа̄ж • (qʼaažclass dd

  1. combed wool, combing, scutching
Declension

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References

  • Kodzojev, Timur (2010) “къаж”, in Модернизированный ингушско-русский словарь [Modernized Ingush–Russian Dictionary] (in Russian), Nazran: Piligrim, page 661a
  • Dudarov, A.-M. M. (2015) “къаж”, in Земледелие ингушей (XIX — первая половина XX века) [Agriculture of the Ingush (19th—first half of the 20th century)], Nalchik: Tetragraf, page 98