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Ubykh

Ubykh noun: a member of a group of people who spoke the Ubykh language, inhabiting an area in what is today Sochi in Russia.

Noun

Ubykh (plural Ubykhs or Ubykh)

  1. (historical) A member of a group of people who spoke the Ubykh language, inhabiting an area in what is today Sochi in Russia.

Proper noun

Ubykh

  1. The extinct ergative and agglutinative language spoken by the Ubykh people, notable for its large number of distinct consonants and only two vowels.
    Synonyms:
    Ubyx

Synonyms of Ubykh

Forms of Ubykh

pluralUbykhs
pluralUbykh

Origin of Ubykh

Borrowed from West Circassian Убых (Wubəx).

Questions about Ubykh

What does Ubykh mean?
Ubykh means a member of a group of people who spoke the Ubykh language, inhabiting an area in what is today Sochi in Russia.
What part of speech is Ubykh?
Ubykh can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Ubykh?
The plural of Ubykh is Ubykhs.

Words near Ubykh in the dictionary

  1. ubuntu
  2. ubussu palm
  3. ubussu palms
  4. ubuthi
  5. Ubx
  6. Ubykh
  7. Ubykhia
  8. Ubykhs
  9. Ubyx
  10. uc
  11. UCA

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