Proto-Lezghian: *ǯuIm ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: 1 quince 2 cornel
Lezghian: žum 1, č:umal 2
Tabasaran: čimil 2
Agul: žimil 2
Rutul: žim 1
Tsakhur: šum 1
Kryz: ǯum 1, ǯimel 2
Budukh: ǯumǝl 2
Comment: Lezghian languages reflect a suffixless *ǯuIm 'quince' and a suffixed form *ǯuIm-al 'cornel' (both forms have parallels in other EC languages). Forms with voiced ž- (ǯ-) in Lezg., Tab. and Ag. dialects must be due to interdialectal borrowing (cf. also Lezg. Kur. žumal, Kuba č:umal id., Tab. Düb. čimil, Ag. Burk. ǯimil, Bursh. čumel, K. čimaIl 'cornel'). 3d class in all class-distinguishing languages.
See Talibov 1980, 271.
