чъыӏэ лӏэн
Adyghe
Etymology
From чъыӏэ (čəʾă, “cold”) + лӏэн (ḷăn, “to die”); hence literally “to freeze to death”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃəʔa ɬʼan]
Verb
чъыӏэ лӏэн • (čəʾă ḷăn) (intransitive)
- to be cold, to freeze from cold
- Чэщым удэкӏмэ чъыӏэ улӏэт — If you go out at night you will be cold.
Conjugation
- Pronoun
- чъыӏэ сэлӏэ - i am cold
- чъыӏэ тэлӏэ - we are cold
- чъыӏэ уэлӏэ - you are cold
- чъыӏэ шъолӏэ - you (plural) are cold
- чъыӏэ малӏэ - he is cold (for Absolutive case)
- чъыӏэ малӏэх - they are cold (for Absolutive case)
- чъыӏэ лӏэ! - get cold!
- Tense
- чъыӏэ малӏэ - he is cold
- чъыӏэ мэлӏагъ - he was cold
- чъыӏэ мэлӏэт - he will be cold