Ossetian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ossetic *azwāg with methatesis. From *žwáHkaH, variant of Proto-Iranian *hižwáHkaH, from *hižwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐv.z̠ä́k]
  • Hyphenation: ӕв‧заг

Noun

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ӕвзаг (ævzag) (plural ӕвзӕгтӕ)

  1. language
    ирон ӕвзагiron ævzagOssetian language
    уырыссаг ӕвзагwyryssag ævzagRussian language
  2. sting

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.