хъис

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • гъес (ǧes) (Digor)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

хъис • (qis)

  1. (Iron dialect) bristle
  2. (Iron dialect) string

References
  • Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “хъис”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
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