Proto-Lezghian: *ʔajs:a (~-s-)
Meaning: 1 bottom 2 below 3 low, short
Lezghian: as-ḳan 3
Tabasaran: asi-q, asi-k: 2
Agul: ajs 1
Rutul: sa-ʔ 1
Comment: The suffixless root is preserved in Agul; all other languages have derivates with locative suffixes (Rut. sa-ʔ is a reduction < *ʔasa-ʔ "in the bottom"). In Tab. cf. also asi-na 'downwards', Düb. is-di 'below'. The attested forms do not allow to distinguish between PL *s: and *s (if Lezg. Khl. ħäze 'below' belongs here, it can indicate PL *s:).
