ხეჼ
Bats
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xеᶰ. Cognates include Ingush хи (xi) and Chechen хен (xen).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ხეჼ (xẽ) class bd
- tree (large woody plant)
Usage notes
[edit]- In the dictionaries of Kadagidze (1984) and Kakashvili (2022), the form has a plural in the nominative case as ხენბი (xenbi). However, such an ending of the plural in this form is not recorded in the works of Schiefner (1856) and Gagua (1961). It is possible that this is the influence of the Georgian plural form ხეები (xeebi).
Declension
[edit]| Declension of ხეჼ (type 1/ხეჼ (xẽ), ◌̃-n gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Nominative | ხეჼ xẽ |
ხენი xeni | ||
| Genitive | ხენეჼ xenẽ |
ხენაჼ xenã | ||
| Ergative | ხენევ xenev |
ხენივ xeniv | ||
| Dative | ხენენ xenen |
ხენინ xenin | ||
References
[edit]- Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 35
- Gagua, Rusudan (1961) “Склонение имён существительных в бацбийском языке [Declension of nouns in the Bats language]”, in Bokaryov, Yevgeny, editor, Вопросы изучения иберийско-кавказских языков[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, page 78
- Kadagiʒe, Davit, Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984) “ხეჼ”, 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 806ab
- Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022) “ხეჼ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 221b