речӏа

Chechen

Etymology

Borrowed from archaic Georgian ირეჭი (ireč̣i), ირეჯა (ireǯa).

Noun

речӏа • (rečʼa) class jj

1. snare, trap

   Synonym: гура (gura)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2022) Der Erbwortschatz der nachischen Sprachen im Kaukasus [The inherited vocabulary of Nakh languages in the Caucasus] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 9
• Nichols, Johanna, Vagapov, Arbi (2004) “речӏа”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 189