ақәыц

Abkhaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian ქუცი (kuci, “sea buckthorn”).[1]

Noun

а-қәы́ц • (a-kʷə́c)

  1. thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)
    Synonym: а-ҟәы́мӷ (a-qʷʼə́mğ)

Descendants
  • → Ubykh: кьыцәы (kʲʼəcʷə)

References
  1. Buḳia, Manana (2016), Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul-kartveluri enobrivi šexvedrebi [Circassian-Kartvelian linguistic interactions] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, →ISBN, pages 57–58

Further reading
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A.; Džonwa, B. Gʲ. (2016), “шип¹”, in Awrəs–apswa ẑʷar / Русско–абхазский словарь [Russian–Abkhaz Dictionary], volume III: С-Я, Sukhum: Dom pečati, pages 562
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