𐰇𐰭𐱁-
üŋüş-
Meaning:
to be lacerated, to be torn open
üŋüş- is a hapax legomenon attested in Irk Bitig 44, where it describes the hare’s skin after an attack by a falcon. It should be distinguished from the immediately preceding ügüş-, which is used of the falcon’s claws: the manuscript writes different medial consonants, g in ügüşüpän and ŋ in üŋüşüpän. Its probable meaning is “to become thoroughly lacerated, to be torn open”. “To be flayed” is possible as a contextual exaggeration but is too narrow and too strong as the principal gloss.
The verb is probably formed from üŋ- “to hollow out, gouge, dig into” with -(U)ş-. The base verb is independently attested in the Karakhanid textual tradition and implies penetration or gouging into an object. In this exceptional derivative, -ş- apparently gives the action a distributed or total character: the skin is gouged and torn in several places.
Examples
Translations
German:
zerfetzt werden, aufgerissen werden
Russian:
быть изодранным, разрываться
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
parçalanmaq, cırılmaq
Turkish (Türkiye):
parçalanmak, yırtılmak
Bibliography 1
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Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish191191
D üŋüş- Hap. leg.; Co-op. f. (in the sense of total action) of üŋ-. Türkü viii ff. (a falcon swooped on a hare, but just missed it; the falcon’s talons were skinned and) tavışğan teri:si: üŋü:şüpen yügü:rü: barmı:ş ‘the hare ran off with its skin thoroughly lacerated’ IrkB 44.
