пчъын

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Etymology

From Proto-Circassian *pč:ǝ- (Nikolayev / Starostin) or *bč:ǝ- (Šagirov). Cognate with Kabardian бжын (bžən). Šagirov following Rogava remarks that the initial consonant may be a frozen grammatical class marker and compares the stem with several Northeast Caucasian words. The comparison is accepted by Nikolayev / Starostin who reconstruct Proto-Northwest Caucasian *p-č́:ʷǝ (“to count”) and propose a connection with Proto-Northeast Caucasian (“to count; to understand”).

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Verb

пчъын • (pĉən) (transitive)

  1. to count
    Кӏалэм епчъы. ― Kʼalɛm jepĉə. ― The boy is counting.
    Сэ Адыгэбзэкӏэ сэпчъы. ― Sɛ Adəɣɛbzɛkʼɛ sɛpĉə. ― I am counting in Circassian.
    Кӏалэм бэнанэхэр епчъых. ― Kʼalɛm bɛnanɛxɛr jepĉəx. ― The boy is counting the bananas.
    Хьэпщ бэнанэу тиӏэ пчъы. ― Ḥɛpś bɛnanɛwu tiʼɛ pĉə. ― Count how many bananas we have.
    Кӏэлэцыкӏум шъэ нэс къипчъышъут. ― Kʼɛlɛcəkʷʼum ŝɛ nɛs qipĉəšʷut. ― The little boy can count to a hundred.
  2. to calculate
  3. to enumerate, to list (to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order)

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