къаж

Chechen

Къаж.

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aaḳ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

къаж • (qʼaž) class j:

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

Alternative forms

• къаг class d: (qʼag) — Itum-Qalle

Declension

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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

Къа̄ж.

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aač̣.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

къа̄ж • (qʼaaž) class 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

Къаж.

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aaḳ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

къаж or къа̄ж • (qʼaž or qʼaaž) class 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
• Кодзоев, Т. (2010) “къаж”, in Модернизированный ингушско-русский словарь [Modernized Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nazran: Piligrim, page 661a
• Doshlorg—Ingush online dictionary: къаж, къа̄ж

Etymology 2

Къа̄ж.

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *q̇aač̣.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

къа̄ж • (qʼaaž) class dd

1. combed wool, combing, scutching

Declension

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References

• Кодзоев, Т. (2010) “къаж”, in Модернизированный ингушско-русский словарь [Modernized Ingush–Russian Dictionary], 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