Comment: The root is used only in compounds (with *ʡiš:ʷ 'night' > Lezg. jif/sen-fiz < *sen-jifi-z/ or *jiq: 'day' in Arch. /with exceptional development -q:- > -ʁ- in cluster/; with *ʔeʎ:a 'evening, late' in Tsakh., cf. also Gelm. san-ixa, Tsakh. prop. sanɨxa 'yesterday'.
