{
"word": "-гӏаги",
"forms": [
"-гӏаги"
],
"senses": [
{
"text": "at least; if only; even",
"comment": "particle",
"examples": [
{
"av": "мун-гӏаги вачӏун вукӏаравани",
"en": "if only you had come"
}
]
}
],
"pos": "conjunction",
"form": "—"
}
{
"word": "-гӏан",
"forms": [
"-гӏан"
],
"senses": [
{
"text": "as well as; as; like, similarly; so much",
"labels": [
"conjunction"
],
"comment": "added to nouns and pronouns to liken one object to another in size and quantity",
"examples": [
{
"av": "гӏанкӏ-гӏан хехго",
"en": "fast as a hare"
},
{
"av": "дой-гӏан берцинай",
"en": "as beautiful as she"
},
{
"av": "зодил тӏавус-гӏан гьайбатай",
"en": "beautiful as a heavenly peacock"
},
{
"av": "рухӏ-гӏан йокьула эбел",
"en": "I love mom more than life",
"comment": "lit. love mother like [one's] soul"
},
{
"av": "яц-гӏан гӏемер кӏалъаларо КӀилъилай",
"en": "Kiti-lai doesn't talk as much as his sister"
}
]
},
{
"text": "while; than",
"comment": "added to the purpose form of the verb",
"examples": [
{
"av": "цӏад къотӏизе-гӏан чӏела",
"en": "let's wait until the rain stops"
},
{
"av": "цӏорозегӏан те",
"en": "leave it until it cools down"
},
{
"av": "асирлъуде ккезе-гӏан, хвей лъикӏ",
"en": "better to die than to be captured",
"labels": [
"proverb"
]
}
]
},
{
"text": "about, almost",
"comment": "added to numerals",
"examples": [
{
"av": "лъеберго-гӏан сон ана ниж данделъаралдаса",
"en": "about thirty years have passed since we got married"
}
]
}
],
"pos": "conjunction",
"form": "—"
}
{
"word": "-гӏанаб",
"stress": 4,
"forms": [
"-гӏанаб"
],
"gender_forms": [
"-гӏанаб",
"-гӏанав",
"-гӏанай"
],
"senses": [
{
"text": "the size of; as big as; as old as",
"comment": "translated with a preposition",
"labels": [
"conjunction"
],
"examples": [
{
"av": "килищ-гӏанаб",
"en": "the size of a finger"
},
{
"av": "рукӏкӏадул ролъи-гӏанаб",
"en": "the size of a needle's eye"
},
{
"av": "хӏама-гӏанаб бацӏ букӏунаро",
"en": "there is no wolf as big as a donkey",
"labels": [
"saying"
]
}
]
}
],
"pos": "conjunction",
"form": "—"
}
{
"word": "-гӏанасеб",
"stress": 4,
"forms": [
"-гӏанасеб"
],
"gender_forms": [
"-гӏанасеб",
"-гӏанасев",
"-гӏанасей"
],
"senses": [
{
"text": "the size of; as big as; as old as",
"comment": "added to names and pronouns, translated by a preposition",
"labels": [
"conjunction"
],
"examples": [
{
"av": "малъ-гӏанасеб лъимер",
"en": "a tiny child; a child no bigger than a fingernail"
},
{
"av": "хӏамил бетӏер-гӏанасеб росу",
"en": "a village the size of a donkey's head",
"labels": [
"saying"
],
"comment": "i.e., small"
},
{
"av": "дун-гӏанасев гӏураб мехалъ, дудаги бичӏчӏила",
"en": "when you reach my age, you will understand too"
}
]
},
{
"text": "about; approximately",
"comment": "added to names as numerals",
"examples": [
{
"av": "лъабкъого-гӏанасеб сон балеб буго КӀудияб Ватӏанияб рагъ лъугӏаралдаса",
"en": "about sixty years have passed since the Great Patriotic War ended"
}
]
},
{
"comment": "added to the target verb form and conveys different meanings depending on context",
"examples": [
{
"av": "бицине-гӏанасеб лъугьа-бахъин гуро гьеб",
"en": "this incident is not worth talking about"
},
{
"av": "хъат чӏвазе-гӏанасеб ракьул кесек",
"en": "a palm-sized piece of land"
},
{
"av": "веццизе-гӏанасев чи гуро дов",
"en": "he is not worthy of praise"
}
]
}
],
"pos": "conjunction",
"form": "—"
}