قٞيْهَن
ḳéyhɛn (du. ḳeyέni, pl. ḳéyhon, f. ḳíno, du. ḳinóti, pl. ḳenhíten)
basic morphological information

adj.

1. small; 2. young; 3. younger
маленький; младший
صغير
LS 374; CSOL I 596 ; CSOL II 521
text examples

1. be-zemán aľ-ˀáwwaľ ˁayn di-Ḳíso ˁayn ḳínoʰ ḳínoʰ kɛ́rhen temóḷe ḳáŝˁer ‘In times of old, there was a spring in Qiso, a very small one — just enough to fill a water-skin’ (CSOL I 7:1)

2. ho ʸhégaˁk díˀʸho ˁážeʰ wa-seʰ ˁédoʰ ḳínoʰ wa-hó ˁak aḷ-báˁaḷk tos ‘I fell in love with my wife when she was young and I was not as yet married to her’ (Naumkin et al. 2019a:87)

3. ˁö́mor de ḳéyhɛn súwa ‘The younger brother said: “Alright”’ (CSOL I 17:23)

semantic notes

‘Smalľ: meaning a.

‘Younger’: meaning b.

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