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Etymology
From мэлэкӏэн (mɛlɛkʼɛn, “to be hungry”) + лӏэн (lˢʼɛn, “to die”); hence literally “to starve to death”. Many Circassians use this verb to describe hungry instead of мэлэкӏэн.
Pronunciation
Verb
мэлакӏэ лӏэн • (mɛlakʼɛ lˢʼɛn) (intransitive)
- to starve (To be very hungry, to die from hunger).
Conjugation
- Pronoun
- мэлакӏэ сэлӏэ - i am starving
- мэлакӏэ тэлӏэ - we are starving
- мэлакӏэ уэлӏэ - you are starving
- мэлакӏэ шъолӏэ - you (plural) are starving
- мэлакӏэ малӏэ - he is starving (for Absolutive case)
- мэлакӏэ малӏэх - they are starving (for Absolutive case)
- мэлакӏэ лӏэ! - starve!
- Tense
- мэлакӏэ малӏэ - he is starving
- мэлакӏэ мэлӏагъ - he starved
- мэлакӏэ мэлӏэт - he will starve
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