хъис

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • гъес (ǧes) (Digor)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

хъис • (qis)

  1. (Iron) bristle
  2. (Iron) string

References
  • Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “хъис”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
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