Proto-Lezghian: *jiq:
Meaning: day
Lezghian: juʁ
Tabasaran: jiʁ
Agul: jaʁ
Rutul: jiʁ
Tsakhur: jɨʁ
Kryz: jiʁ
Budukh: jɨʁ
Archi: iq
Udi: ʁi
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. jɨʁ, Tab. Düb. jiq:i, Ag. Bursh. jaʕ, Burk. jaʁ etc. 4th class in all class-distinguishing languages. Obl. base *jiq:a- (cf. Lezg. jiq:a-, Khl. jɨq:a-, Tab. jiʁa-, Rut. jiʁa-, Tsakh. jɨʁɨ-, Kryz. jiʁa-). The Ud. form ʁi is either metathesized or reflects the PL adverbial *q:i (see below).
Lezghian languages reflect also the adverbial form *q:i / *q:ä 'by day; today': Lezg. q:e, Tab. ʁi, Rut. ʁi-ʁa, Tsakh. ʁi-ńa, Kryz. q:e, Bud. q:e, Ud. ʁe 'today', Arch. qi 'by day'.
See Трубецкой 1930, 82; Лексика 1971, 183; Гигинейшвили 1977, 85; Талибов 1980, 303.
