Proto-Lezghian: *jiƛ:ʷän-
Meaning: 1 to pull 2 to be pulled, slide
Lezghian: č̣-ugʷa- 1
Tabasaran: z-i=g- 1
Agul: d-iw- 1
Tsakhur: git:-i=ɣan- 2
Kryz: jiɣn- 1
Budukh: ji=n- 1
Archi: ƛun- 1
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. pret. č̣-ugu-na; Tab. Kand., Düb. ʒ-i=ɣ- (Lezg. and Tab. have expressive preverbs; with an analogous expressive preverb cf. Kryz. c̣ɨ=ɣn- 'to slide'). With other preverbs cf. Ag. fat:-iw- 'to take away', ʕat:-iw- 'to choose', ʕad-(i)w- 'to lift'; Bursh. qad-iwa- 'to pull', ʕad-(i)wa- 'to pull up, lift' (not quite clear is the loss of *-n-conjugation in Ag.). The Ablaut grade *joƛ:ʷän- is reflected in Arch. o=ƛin- 'to be pulled out, to go out; to take away'.
The same root is used in Tab. to denote 'to press': lit. ilz-i=g-, Kand. ilz-i=ɣ-, Düb. ilʒ-i=ɣ-. This sheds light on related Agul forms with the same meaning (Bursh. alazi- < *alaz-ija- < *-iɣa-, Rich. alz-ira-s < *alz-i=r=ɣa-s), as well as on the Archi form b-aIƛin- (b-aIƛm-us) 'to press' (reflecting the stem *jäƛ:ʷän- with petrified b-prefix and expressive pharyngealization).
