abidez alırğa
/abidez alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to take ablution
Intended meaning
To wash the body for ritual purity before prayer: the hands up to the fingers, the feet up to the knees, washing the face and hands and rinsing the mouth.
- Künde, jawunda da çerekni boyununda atam abidez ala, namaz qıla, tawlada qarğa, kırdıkga, tıŋılawuq taşlağa jalan maŋılayın salıb, duniyağa ahşı tilekle etgendi.In sun and in rain alike, on the bank of the river, my father would take ablution and pray, laying his bare forehead in the mountains on snow, on grass, on silent stones, and offer up good prayers for the world.
- Endi sawdügerçilege özge madar qalmadı… Abidez aldı. Izı bla halqğa qaytıb, jaşırın işin da aytıb, ölürge degen sağışda süelib tohtadı.Now no other recourse was left to the merchants… He performed the ablution. Then he went back to the people, told them of his secret deed, and stood there resolved to die.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 19