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Etymology edit

From шӏын (šʼən, to do) +‎ -жьы (-źə, repeatedly); hence literally “to do repeatedly”.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

шӏыжьын (šʼəźən) (transitive)

  1. to do again
    Унэ угъэуагъэр шӏыжь
    Wunɛ wuğɛwağɛr šʼəź
    Do again the house you destroyed
    Кӏалэм мафэ къэсы азэ ешӏыжьы
    Kʼalɛm mafɛ qɛsə azɛ ješʼəźə
    The boy is doing the same thing everyday
  2. to fix
    Томым компыютэрхэр ешӏыжьы
    Toməm kʷompəjəwtɛrxɛr ješʼəźə
    Tom is fixing computers.
    Уимащинэ къагъэшӏыжь
    Wujimaśinɛ qağɛšʼəź
    Make them fix your car.
    Мащинэхэ шӏыжьыкӏэ сышӏэрэп
    Maśinɛxɛ šʼəźəkʼɛ səšʼɛrɛp
    I don't know how to fix cars.
    Яунэ къэсфэшӏыжьышъугъэп сышӏэрэп
    Jawunɛ qɛsfɛšʼəźəšʷuğɛp səšʼɛrɛp
    I couldn't fix their house.
    зы нэӏуасэ горэ шъуиӏа мащинэхэ ишӏыжьыхэу?
    zə nɛʼwasɛ gʷorɛ šʷujiʼa maśinɛxɛ jišʼəźəxɛwu?
    Do you (plural) have one familiar that fixes cars?

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