Лезги-Ингилис гафалаг - Ш
Lezgian-English dictionary - Ш 


This is a preliminary version of the first ever web-based Lezgian-English dictionary. As for now, most (but not all) of the entries are taken from the dictionary included in Martin Haspelmath's "A grammar of Lezgian".

The abreviations in brackets [such as (abs), (erg) or (sbess)] inform which nouncase does a given verb need. For instance, let's take the verb ава - (dat) has (abs). The notation means that the "possesor" is to be put in the dative, and "possesed" in the absolutive case. Thus "I have money" is заз (I-dat) пул (money-abs) ава (verb comes last in Lezgian). You can learn how to form and when to use a given case form just by clicking on its abbreviation.

A short guide to Lezgian pronunciation, including principles of the latin transliteration used can be found here

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ша sha come!
шагьид shahid witness
шад shad glad, joyful
шаз shaz last year
шак shak suspicion; doubt
шал (-ди) shal (-di) shawl, kerchief, cloth
шалвар (-ди) shalvar (-di) pants
шараг sharag young one (of animals)
шартI (-уни) shart' (-uni) condition
шегьер sheher city, town
шегьре shehre highway
шей (шейъини; шейъер) shej (shej'ini; shej'er) thing
шейтIан shejt'an devil
шекер sheker sugar
шехьун shexhun to cry, to weep
шикаят shikajat complaint
шикил shikil picture
ширин shirin sweet
шит shit stale, trite
шкьуьнт shq'ynt snail
штIумун sht'umun to dry
шумал shumal stately, well-shaped
шумуд shumud how many ? са шумуд [sa shumud] - several
шуткун (шткиз; шткана) shutkun (shtkiz; shtkana) to sweep
шуькIуь shyk'y thin
шуьмягъ shymaegh hazelnut
шуьткьуьн (-кьвез; -ена) shytq'yn (-q'vez; -ena) to be wrinkled; to wither, to fade
шуьше shyshe glass; bottle

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