სუხტუხი

Bats

Alternative forms

• სუხტუხ (suxṭux) — in the singular

Etymology

Unknown. Has no parallels in Chechen or Ingush. Perhaps ultimately of Iranian origin: compare Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn, to be inflamed”).

Noun

სუხტუხი (suxṭuxi) pl

1. cold, snuffle

   Synonym: სურდუ (surdu)

Derived terms

• სუხტუხა̄რეჼ (suxṭuxārẽ, “having a cold in the head”)

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 162
• Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2013), “სუხტუხი”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume II, Tbilisi: Saari, page 297
• Дешериев, Ю. Д. (1953) Б. А. Серебренников, editor, Бацбийский язык: Фонетика, морфология, синтаксис, лексика [The Bats language: Phonetics, morphology, syntax, vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Russian), Leningrad: Academy Press, page 323
• Kadagiʒe, Davit, Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984) “სუხტუხი”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[2], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 554a
• Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 93
• Старчевский, А. В. (1891) Кавказский толмач (Переводчик с русского на главнейшие кавказские языки) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Тип. И.Н. Скороходова, page 151a
• Črelašvili, K. T. (2007) G. A. Xaluxajev, editor, Цова-тушинский (бацбийский) язык [The Tsova-Tush (Bats) language]‎^[3] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 269
• Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 130b