йӑх

Chuvash

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *uk (“kin, tribe”).

Noun

йӑх • (jăh)

1. tribe, clan
2. generation
3. breed, stirps

Verb

йӑх • (jăh)

1. (transitive) mount (to get on top of (an animal) to mate)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *īg

Noun

йӑх • (jăh)

1. illness
2. (specifically, collective) skin disease

Further reading

• “йӑх”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.