цӏоб

• цӏцӏоб (ccʼob) — alternative spelling
• сӏсӏоб — Kusur

Inherited from Old Avar ⴜⴍⴁ (cʼob, “mercy”), from Proto-Avaro-Andian *c̣:ob (“god, mercy”), from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *c̣c̣ə̄mb (“idol, god”). It may be related to Hurrian 𒀀𒍝𒄠𒈪 (a-za-am-mi, “figurine, idol”). Akin to Proto-Nakh *c̣ibo and Lak цӏими (cʼimi, “mercy”).

The archaic meaning of the word refers to the supreme sky and thunder god in the pagan pantheon of the Avar-Andi-Didoic peoples. Over time, replaced by бечед (bečed) and transformed into the concept of divine mercy.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʼːob/

цӏоб • (cʼob) class 1/3 (ergative цӏóбалъ, genitive цӏóбалъул, plural цӏóбал)

1. charity, mercy

   Synonyms: гурхӏел (gurḥʳel), рахӏмат (raḥʳmat), рахӏму (raḥʳmu)

2. (archaic, mythology) Tzob (supreme ruler of all Avar-Andi-Didoic gods, the god of the sky and thunder)

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• → Archi: цӏоб (cʼob)

• Zhirkov, Lev Iv. (1936), “цӏоб”, in Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Moscow: State Institute “Soviet Encyclopedia”, page 143b
• Saidov, Magomedsayid (1967), “цӏоб”, in Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Moscow: State Institute “Soviet Encyclopedia”, page 565a
• Xapizov, Š. M. (2014), “О грузинско-аварских надписях на каменных крестах [On the Georgian-Avar inscriptions on stone crosses]”, in Вестник Дагестанского научного центра РАН‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 54, page 70 of 67–74
• Gimbatov, M. M., editor (2006), “цӏоб”, in МагӀарул-гӀурус лугъат / Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, page 1772
• Starostin, G. S., editor (2007), Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics]‎^[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 371