къын

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qən]

Verb

къын • (qən) (intransitive)

1. to get stupefied
2. to get frozen with terror
3. to turn into a stone

   Медузэ еплъырэ къыщт

   Meduzɛ jeplˢərɛ qəśt

   Whoever looks at Medusa will turn into a stone.

4. to become petrified
5. (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?

See also

• гъэкъын (ğɛqən) (transitive)
• мэкъын (mɛqən) (intransitive)
• хэкъэхьын (xɛqɛḥən) (intransitive)