Spring is гъатхэ in both dialects; winter is щIымахуэ in Kabardian and кIымаф in Adyghe. The seasons and weather words are below, with audio.
Spring is one of the few words that Kabardian (East Circassian) and Adyghe (West Circassian) write the same way; most of the other season and weather words differ a little or a lot. Here they are as the Circassian app teaches them, from its “Seasons & Weather” and “Elements” units.
Every word here is a word the app teaches, checked against a second source: the Kabardian–Russian dictionary (Apazhev and Kokov, 2008), the app’s Adyghe dictionary, the app’s audio course (its scripts were reviewed by a native speaker of each dialect) or the Kabardian and Adyghe Wikipedias. A word that could not be checked this way is not on the page.
Seasons and weather words in Kabardian and Adyghe
Kabardian (East Circassian) is on the left, Adyghe (West Circassian) on the right. Tap the speaker button to hear a word: the audio is the app’s own, the same as in its lessons. The Latin line under each word is the app’s spelling.
The four seasons
| In English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| spring | гъатхэghatkhe | гъатхэghatke |
| summer | гъэмахуэghemakhwe | гъэмафэghemafe |
| autumn | бжьыхьэbzh'ykh'e | бжыхьэbzhəhe |
| winter | щIымахуэshch'ymakhwe | кIымафk'əmaf |
Weather
| In English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| snow | уэсwes | осыosə |
| rain | уэшхweshkh | ощхoshchkh |
| wind | жьыzh'y | жьыбгъэzhh'əbghe |
| warm | хуабэkhwabe | фабэfabe |
| cold | щIыIэshch'y'e | чъыIэchə'e |
| weather | дунейрduneyr | ожьыozh'ə |
The words on this page are from the units “Seasons & Weather” (Section 3, Actions & Time) and “Elements” (Section 2, My World) in the Circassian app’s Kabardian and Adyghe courses. The lessons teach them with audio and short quizzes, and bring back the ones you miss sooner.
In a sentence
These sentences are from the app’s audio course, with the course’s own translation. Its scripts were reviewed by a native speaker of each dialect.
I like spring
Summer is warm
Winter is cold
Snow is beautiful
Today is warm
Good to know
Summer and winter end in “day”. The app’s lesson notes break гъэмахуэ into гъэ, “season”, and махуэ, “day”, and щIымахуэ into щIы, “earth”, and махуэ. The Kabardian Wikipedia’s calendar article splits the four seasons the same way: гъа-тхэ, гъэ-махуэ, бжьы-хьэ, щIы-махуэ.
The world and the weather. Kabardian дунейр, “weather”, is the world itself: the Kabardian–Russian dictionary gives дунейр къызэIыхьащ for “the weather has turned bad” (p. 259).
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Questions
How do you say the four seasons in Kabardian?
Spring гъатхэ, summer гъэмахуэ, autumn бжьыхьэ, winter щIымахуэ.
How do you say the four seasons in Adyghe?
Spring гъатхэ, summer гъэмафэ, autumn бжыхьэ, winter кIымаф.
How do you say “Winter is cold”?
ЩIымахуэ щIыIэщ. in Kabardian and КIымафэр чъыIэ. in Adyghe, as the app’s audio course says it.
How do you say snow and rain?
Snow is уэс in Kabardian and осы in Adyghe; rain is уэшх and ощх.
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Sources
- Circassian App lessons, Kabardian and Adyghe courses (October 2026), units: Seasons & Weather, Elements.
- Circassian App audio course (Beginner), Kabardian lessons 27, 28 and 29; Adyghe lessons 27, 28 and 29. Each lesson’s script was reviewed by a native speaker of its dialect before the course was recorded; the translations are the course’s own.
- M.L. Apazhev, Dzh.N. Kokov, Kabardino-cherkessko-russky slovar (Kabardino-Cherkess–Russian Dictionary), Nalchik: Elbrus, 2008, the Kabardian dictionary in the app’s Translate screen: гъатхэ (p. 64), гъэмахуэ (p. 70), бжьыхьэ (p. 45), щIымахуэ (p. 631), уэс (p. 446), уэшх (p. 447), жьы (p. 125), хуабэ (p. 497), дунейр (p. 259).
- Adyghe dictionary in the app’s Translate screen (3,499 entries, from dovlet.info): гъэмафэ, бжыхьэ, кIымаф, осы, жьыбгъэ, чъыIэ, ожьы.
- Kabardian Wikipedia, «Махуэ Гъэпс (Мазэхэр)» (revision of 16 October 2023): the seasons split into their parts. Adyghe Wikipedia: «Бжыхьэ», «КӀымаф», read on 7 October 2026.
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