къын

Adyghe

къын • (qən) (intransitive)

to get stupefied
to get frozen with terror
to turn into a stone
Медузэ еплъырэ къыщт
Meduzɛ jeplˢərɛ qəśt
Whoever looks at Medusa will turn into a stone.
to become petrified
(Kfar Kama dialect) to be frozen
Хьэлыгъур мэкъы
Ḥɛləğʷur mɛqə
The bread is freezing.

Чэщым сыкъэу сыхэт
Čɛśəm səqɛwu səxɛt
I am standing at the night freezing.

Кӏалэр мэкъы, чъыӏэм хэт
Kʼalɛr mɛqə, ĉəʼɛm xɛt
The boy is freezing, he is in the cold.

Хьэлэгъор къыгъа?
Ḥɛlɛğʷor qəğa?
Did the bread froze?