ҫывӑх

Chuvash

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaguk (“close”), equivalent to an unattested ҫывӑ (śyvă, "to come close") +‎ -к (-k).[1][2]

Cognate with Turkish yavuklu (“fiancee”).

Noun

ҫывӑх • (śyvăh) (plural ҫывӑхсем) 

  1. proximity

Adjective

ҫывӑх • (śyvăh)

  1. near
    Antonyms: инҫе (inś̬e), катари (kat̬ari), инҫетри (inś̬etri), аякри (ajakri)
  2. near in time; forthcoming, upcoming
  3. near (closely connected or related)
    Antonym: катари (kat̬ari)

Adverb

ҫывӑх • (śyvăh)

  1. close

References
  1. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫывӑх”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 152
  2. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫывӑх”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 224

Further reading
  • “ҫывӑх”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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