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пчъын

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Adyghe

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Etymology

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From Proto-Circassian *pč:ǝ- (Nikolayev / Starostin) or *bč:ǝ- (Šagirov). Cognate with Kabardian бжын (bžən). Šagirov following Rogava remarks that the initial consonant may be a frozen grammatical class marker and compares the stem with several Northeast Caucasian words. The comparison is accepted by Nikolayev / Starostin who reconstruct Proto-Northwest Caucasian *p-č́:ʷǝ (to count) and propose a connection with Proto-Northeast Caucasian [Term?] (to count; to understand).

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пчъын (pĉən) (transitive)

  1. to count
    Кӏалэм епчъы.Kʼalɛm jepĉə.The boy is counting.
    Сэ Адыгэбзэкӏэ сэпчъы.Sɛ Adəɣɛbzɛkʼɛ sɛpĉə.I am counting in Circassian.
    Кӏалэм бэнанэхэр епчъых.Kʼalɛm bɛnanɛxɛr jepĉəx.The boy is counting the bananas.
    Хьэпщ бэнанэу тиӏэ пчъы.Ḥɛpś bɛnanɛwu tiʼɛ pĉə.Count how many bananas we have.
    Кӏэлэцыкӏум шъэ нэс къипчъышъут.Kʼɛlɛcəkʷʼum ŝɛ nɛs qipĉəšʷut.The little boy can count to a hundred.
  2. to calculate
  3. to enumerate, to list (to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order)

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