lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

Lemizh / English dictionary


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qàxk.

self-transporting: to fly somewhere-dat etc.;
nom: to beat one’s wings, turn one’s propeller or rotor, etc.

Usage notes

The sense of ‘beating one’s wings’, attested from Old Lemizh, typically implies doing so effectively, powerfully (as opposed to, say, fluttering feebly).

Etymology

NLem, LMLem, MLem qexk‑a
OLem thexk‑
PLem *sexk‑, intensive of
PIE *skek‑ ‘move quickly, jump’

doublet of stnàt.

Cognates

Ger ge‑schehen ‘happen’, Eng chic (via Fr chic and Ger schick ‘elegant’)