Празападнокавказский: *nǝč́ǝ
Значение: a ram slaughtered in honor of the guest
Адыгейский: nǝš́ǝ
Кабардинский: nǝš
Убыхский: nǝč́ǝ́
Комментарии: The Ub. form corresponds to PAK quite regularly, and there are no reasons to suppose a loan (despite Shagirov 1977). Judging from the external evidence, the root must have originally meant "a two-year-old ram, a grown-up ram".
