Proto-Lezghian: *ʔa(l)č̣V(r)-
Meaning: 1 to weed 2 weed 3 hay
Lezghian: eč̣e- 1, eč̣el 2
Tabasaran: =u-č̣- 1 (Khür.)
Agul: č̣al 2
Archi: č̣il 3
Udi: il 2
Comment: The verb itself is preserved only in Lezg. and Tab. dialects (therefore the reconstruction is rather tentative: we can not establish whether there was or was no medial -l- and final -r). However, several languages reflect the old deverbative *ʔač̣i-l (or, with reduction, *č̣al / *č̣il) 'weed': cf. (beside the listed forms) also Lezg. Khl. hač̣al, Tab. ač̣al (Kand. ač̣il, Düb. č̣al), Ag. Fit. ač̣il 'weed'.
See Талибов 1980, 302.
