Lingua di destinazione: Inglese
1.*kug''a*. Proper noun, maybe an epithet to a common familiar name, which was in use but has not survived. The common Ðbkhazian meaning of the name is *qugha* - "wise". In the text the name *qugha* with regard to the sound *g''* reflects the dialectal norm, given that, of course, this *g''* is not here with the graphic variation *g*.
2*dy* instead of what it is to be expected for- "great" (modern Abkh. *dyu*). The old form of the word occurs frequently in texts. In the inscription, the final *y* is the result of the reduction *а*, a well known phenomenon in the Bzyb dialect of the Abkhazian language. A similar reduction must have been present in the Sadz language. According to historic memories they were neighbours with the Bzybs: they lived in riparian lands among Bzybs and Mzymta. The word *dy<--da* - "great" after the name *Kug''a* characterizes a form of courtesy and respect towards the elders. This has always been a characteristic of the Abkhaz people. The syllable ы was not found before in the form || it introduces a new phenomenon in writing.
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