пха

Chechen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nakh *pχā. Cognate with Ingush пхьан (pḥʳan, “hornbeam”). Associated with several weapon names, because they were made of hornbeam: Chechen пха (pxa, “arrow”), пха, пхьа (pxa, pḥʳa, “shield”), пхердукъ (pxerduqʼ, “spear”).

Alternative forms

• пхано (pxano) — dialectal

Noun

пха • (pxa)

1. common hornbeam, Carpinus betulus

Related terms

• дзупха (dzupxa)

Further reading

• 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 63
• Alirojev, Ibragim Ju. (2001) Флора и фауна Чечни и Ингушетии [The Flora and the Fauna of Chechnya and Ingushetia], Moscow: Academia, →ISBN, page 21
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*x_wīrʕi ( ~ -ĕ)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Etymology 2

Noun

пха • (pxa) class b2 (plural пхенаш)

1. vein
2. artery

Ingush

Noun

пха • (pxa)

1. vein

Kamassian

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *pä, from Proto-Uralic *puwe.

Noun

пха (pʰa)

1. tree
2. wood

Declension

Declension of пха
	singular	plural
nominative	пха (pʰa)	пхайәʼ (pʰajəʔ)	пхазаӈ (pʰazaŋ)
genitive	пхан (pʰan)	пхайән (pʰajən)	пхазан (pʰazan)
accusative	пхам (pʰam)	пхайәм (pʰajəm)	пхазаӈәм (pʰazaŋəm)
allative	пханә (pʰanə)	пхайәнә (pʰajənə)	пхазаӈдә (pʰazaŋdə)
locative	пхагән (pʰagən)	пхайәгән (pʰajəgən)	пхазаӈгән (pʰazaŋgən)
ablative	пхагәʼ (pʰagəʔ)	пхайәгәʼ (pʰajəgəʔ)	пхазаӈгәʼ (pʰazaŋgəʔ)
instrumental	пхазьәʼ (pʰaźəʔ)	пхайәзьәʼ (pʰajəźəʔ)	пхазаӈзьәʼ (pʰazaŋźəʔ)

Possessive forms of пха
	First	Second	Third
singular	пхам (pʰam)	пхал (pʰal)	пхат (pʰat)
dual	пхабәй (pʰabəj)	пхаләй (pʰaləj)	пхадәй (pʰadəj)
plural	пхабаʼ (pʰabaʔ)	пхалаʼ (pʰalaʔ)	пхадаʼ (pʰadaʔ)

References

• Donner, Kai R. (1944) “p͑å̀”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura