Good night in Circassian is Уи жэщ фIыуэ. (Wi zheshch f'ywe.) in Kabardian and Уичэщ шIу. (Wicheshch sh'u.) in Adyghe. You say it when you leave someone’s house late, or before going to bed.
Good night in Kabardian and Adyghe
Lesson 16 of the Circassian app’s audio course is the end of a day at Madina’s home, and it is built around this phrase. The course gives the word for night first, жэщ in Kabardian and чэщ in Adyghe, and then the greeting. The Kabardian dictionary in the app gives жэщ as “night”, and the Adyghe dictionary gives Уичэщ шIу. as “good night”.
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Kabardian · lesson 16 · the end of the day
Adyghe · lesson 16 · the end of the day
The answer to good night is the same phrase, often followed by “see you tomorrow”: Пщэдей дызэрылъэгъунщ! in Kabardian, Неущы тызэIукIэн. in Adyghe.
Good evening or good night?
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| good evening | Уи пщыхьэщхьэ фIыуэ.Wi pshchyheshchhe f'ywe. | Уипчыхьэ шIу.Wipchyhe sh'u. |
| good night | Уи жэщ фIыуэ.Wi zheshch f'ywe. | Уичэщ шIу.Wicheshch sh'u. |
| see you tomorrow! | Пщэдей дызэрылъэгъунщ!Pshchedyey dyzerylheghwnshch! | Неущы тызэIукIэн.Nyeushchy tyze'uk'en. |
| see you tonight! | Пщыхьэщхьэм дызэрылъэгъунщ!Pshchyheshchhem dyzerylheghwnshch! | Пчыхьэм тызэIукIэн.Pchyhem tyze'uk'en. |
| tomorrow | пщэдейpshchedey | неущnewshch |
The course uses them for different moments. Good evening is a hello: in lesson 16 you say it when you arrive at a friend’s house in the evening. Good night is a goodbye: you say it when it’s late and you’re leaving. Both follow the same pattern as good morning: “your”, the time of day, and “good”.
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Good night in Circassian: questions
How do you say good night in Circassian?
In Kabardian Уи жэщ фIыуэ, in Adyghe Уичэщ шIу.
How do you say good night in Adyghe?
Уичэщ шIу. The word for night is чэщ.
How do you say good night in Kabardian?
Уи жэщ фIыуэ. The word for night is жэщ.
How do you say see you tomorrow in Circassian?
Пщэдей дызэрылъэгъунщ! in Kabardian and Неущы тызэIукIэн. in Adyghe.
What is the difference between good evening and good night in Circassian?
Good evening greets someone when you arrive in the evening; good night is said when you leave late or go to bed. That is how the audio course uses them.
Sources
- Circassian App audio course (Beginner), Kabardian lesson 16; Adyghe lesson 16. Each lesson’s script was reviewed by a native speaker of its dialect before the course was made; the audio on this page is the app’s own.
- M.L. Apazhev, Dzh.N. Kokov, Kabardino-cherkessko-russky slovar (Kabardino-Cherkess–Russian Dictionary), Nalchik: Elbrus, 2008, the Kabardian dictionary built into the app’s Translate screen: жэщ (p. 114).
- Adyghe dictionary built into the app’s Translate screen (3,499 entries, from dovlet.info): уичэщ шIу.
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