Ubykh

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noun

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

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UbyxUbykh language
Originady Убых →
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Meanings

nounUbykh (plural Ubykhs or Ubykh)

plural Ubykhs

  1. historicalA member of a group of people who spoke the Ubykh language, inhabiting an area in what is today Sochi in Russia.
proper noun
  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 & antonyms

proper nounThe extinct ergative and agglutinative language spoken by the Ubykh people, notable for its large number of distinct consonants and only two vowels.

Similar
Ubyx

More synonyms by meaning

nounan extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey

Similar
Ubykh language
Broader
CaucasianCaucasian language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. adyУбых
  2. EnglishUbykh

Borrowed from West Circassian Убых (Wubəx).

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Translations

Russian убы́хский
  • убы́хский (ubýxskij)Translations
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APA

Ubykh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ubykh

MLA

“Ubykh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ubykh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ubykh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ubykh.

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