Proto-Lezghian: *ʔi(r)χʷV(r)
Meaning: 1 to sew 2 thread, thin rope
Tabasaran: =irχ- 1
Rutul: uχur 2
Tsakhur: uχara 2
Kryz: χi 2
Budukh: χiri 2
Comment: The verbal stem is preserved only in Tab. (cf. also Düb. =i=χ- id.). Other languages preserve the basic derivate *ʔi(r)χʷVra 'thread' (with Anlaut reduction in Bud.). The Kryz. form is not quite clear: perhaps it is a reinterpretation of the form *χiri (cf. Bud.) as plural (with a productive suffix -ri), with the back-formation > χi in singular. In Kryz. we also have ruʁ- 'to sew', but this is rather a reflex of PL *ʔirχ:ʷVr- 'to knit, spin' (q.v.), reflecting a merger of two PL roots.
