бӏогӏам

Chechen

Alternative forms

бӏа̄гӏом (bˀaağom) — Cheberloi
бӏа̄гӏам (bˀaağam) — Itum-Qalle, Vedenoi
бӏо̄гӏ (bˀooğ) — Kist
бӏо̄гӏо̆ (bˀooğŏ) — Khildikharoi
бӏо̄гӏоᵸ (bˀooğõ) — Sharoi

Etymology

Borrowed from Kumyk багъана (bağana) with the presumed sandhi. Cognates include Ingush бӏоагӏа (bˀoağa).

Nikolaev, Starostin and Schrijver, however, reconstruct the Proto-Nakh form.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is unclear whether Bats ბოღურ (boɣur, “stake, peg”) is related.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʕoːʁam/

Noun

бӏо̄гӏам • (bˀooğam) class bd

log, pole, post, column, timber

Declension

Declension of **бӏогӏам**
	singular	plural
nominative	бӏо̄гӏам (bˀooğam)	бӏо̄гӏамаш (bˀooğamaš)
genitive	бӏо̄гӏаман (bˀooğaman)	бӏо̄гӏамийн (bˀooğamiı̇n)
dative	бӏо̄гӏамна (bˀooğamna)	бӏо̄гӏамашна (bˀooğamašna)
ergative	бӏо̄гӏамо̄ (bˀooğamoo)	бӏо̄гӏамаша (bˀooğamaša)
allative	бӏо̄гӏаме̄ (bˀooğamee)	бӏо̄гӏамашка (bˀooğamaška)
instrumental	бӏо̄гӏамца (bˀooğamca)	бӏо̄гӏамашца (bˀooğamašca)
lative	бӏо̄гӏамах (bˀooğamax)	бӏо̄гӏамех (bˀooğamex)
comparative	бӏо̄гӏамал (bˀooğamal)	бӏо̄гӏамел (bˀooğamel)

References

Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975), Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 198
Imnajšvili, David S. (1977), Историко-сравнительный анализ фонетики нахских языков / ნახური ჯგუფის ენათა ფონეტიკის ისტორიულ-შედარებითი ანალიზი [Историко-сравнительный анализ фонетики нахских языков / naxuri ǯgupis enata poneṭiḳis isṭoriul-šedarebiti analizi, Historical and comparative analysis of the phonetics of the Nakh languages] (in Russian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 68
Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “бӏогӏам”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 59b

Notes

^ Nikolaev, S. L. (1984), “Начальные сочетания «согласный + постувулярный» в пранахском”, in V. I. Podlesskaya, editor, Лингвистические исследования. Типология. Диалектология. Этимология. Компаративистика. (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Наука, page 19: “*bʡāɣo(m)”
^ Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*q̇HwV̄q̇V”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*bʡāʁu-m”
^ Schrijver, Peter (2021), “A history of the vowel systems of the Nakh languages (East Caucasian), with special reference to umlaut in Chechen and Ingush”, in Languages of the Caucasus‎^[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 112: “*bˁaːʁom”

[1] Nikolaev, S. L. (1984), “Начальные сочетания «согласный + постувулярный» в пранахском”, in V. I. Podlesskaya, editor, Лингвистические исследования. Типология. Диалектология. Этимология. Компаративистика. (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Наука, page 19: “*bʡāɣo(m)”

[2] Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*q̇HwV̄q̇V”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*bʡāʁu-m”

[3] Schrijver, Peter (2021), “A history of the vowel systems of the Nakh languages (East Caucasian), with special reference to umlaut in Chechen and Ingush”, in Languages of the Caucasus‎^[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 112: “*bˁaːʁom”

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