ot, jalın da üsündedi
/ot, dʒalɯn da ysyndedi/
Literal translation
fire and flame too are upon them
Intended meaning
To be running a very high fever; to be burning hot from illness.
- Anı [Naljannı] erinleri qurğaqsıb, jarılğandıla, awuzunda tükürük mılısı joqdu. Ot, jalın da üsündedi, beti qara-mor bolub, közleri, mıdıhça, qıp-qızıl körünedile.Their [Nalzhan's] lips had dried out and cracked, there was no trace of moisture in their mouth. Fire and flame were upon them; their face had turned blackish-purple, and their eyes looked scarlet, like embers.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 378