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Kabardian
- бжэн (bžɛn) — objectless form
Etymology
From Proto-Circassian *pč:ǝ- (Nikolayev / Starostin) or *bč:ǝ- (Šagirov). Cognate with Adyghe пчъын (pĉən); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Verb
бжын • (bžən)
- to count
Щӏалэр мабже.- Śʼalɛr mabže.
- The boy is counting.
Щӏалэм вагъуэр ебж.- Śʼalɛm vağʷɛr jebž.
- The boy is counting the stars.
References
- Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 87