Proto-Lezghian: *ʔäʎar-
Meaning: 1 to soak 2 to urinate 3 to melt 4 liquid 5 green
Tabasaran: u=x- 2 (Khiv.)
Agul: d-ixe-f 4
Rutul: s-ä=xa- 1
Tsakhur: al-e=xa- 3
Budukh: s-oxr- 2
Udi: dχi (Vart.) 5
Comment: The verb belongs to the weak conjugation class. Cf. also Rut. s-ä=xɨ-d 'wet' (participial form), q-i=xe- 'to gulp, drink greedily', Ud. Nidzh. däj(i) 'raw, green' ( < däx(i)ji, cf. the Vart. form). The Tab. and Ag. vowels should be rather explained by assimilation (Tab. u=x-úz < *i=x-úz) and reduction (Ag. dixé-f < *dexé-f) than by Ablaut.
