егъэпхын

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Adyghe

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Etymology

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From гъэ~ "to make someone" + пхын "to tie"; hence literally "to tie something/someone to something”.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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егъэпхын (jeğɛpxən) (transitive)

  1. to relate to
    Шъхьэнгъупчъыр зэрэубэтагъыр сиянэ къысегъэпхы
    Ŝḥɛnğʷupĉər zɛrɛwubɛtağər sijanɛ qəseğɛpxə
    My mother is relates me to how the window was broken.
    Тыгъуасэ хъугъэмрэ непэ хъугъэмрэ зэбгъэпхышъущтыхэп
    Təğʷasɛ χʷuğɛmrɛ nepɛ χʷuğɛmrɛ zɛbğɛpxəšʷuśtəxɛp
    You can't relate what happened yesterday to what happened today.
    Къапӏорэ тӏур зэгъэпхыгъэхэп
    Qapʷʼorɛ tʷʼur zɛğɛpxəğɛxɛp
    The two things you say are not related.
  2. to tie to
    Матиматикэр физикам епгъэпхышъущт
    Matimatikɛr fizikam jepğɛpxəšʷuśt
    You can tie mathematics to physics.
    Лӏыр зэрэгумэкӏырэ есэгъэпхы яунэ щыхъурэм
    Lˢʼər zɛrɛgʷumɛkʼərɛ jesɛğɛpxə jawunɛ śəχʷurɛm
    I tie the man's sadness to what happens in his house.
    Уишъхьэ узы емыгъэпх хьабэу ущыхырэм, ар учъыерэпи ары.
    Wujiŝḥɛ wuzə jeməğɛpx ḥabɛwu wuśəxərɛm, ar wuĉəjerɛpi arə.
    Don't tie your headache to the pills you're eating, it is because you aren't sleeping.
  3. to make someone depends on
    Уцы бащэ ушхымэ, уесэни, уегъэпхыгъэу ухъущт
    Wucə baśɛ wušxəmɛ, wujesɛni, wujeğɛpxəğɛwu wuχʷuśt
    If you eat too much plants, you will get used to it, and you will get depends on it.
  4. to tie up something/someone to something
    Кӏалэм ӏанэм кӏапсэкӏэ сыригъэпхыгъ
    Kʼalɛm ʼanɛm kʼapsɛkʼɛ səriğɛpxəğ
    The boy tied me up to the table using a rope.
    Хьэр пхъэм кӏапсэкӏэ егъэпхыгъ
    Ḥɛr pχɛm kʼapsɛkʼɛ jeğɛpxəğ
    The dog is tied up to the wood.

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