Editing Ubykh language (section)

=== Slang and idioms ===
As with all other languages, Ubykh is replete with [[idiom]]s. The word {{IPA|/ntʷɜ/}} ('door'), for instance, is an idiom meaning either "magistrate", "court", or "government." However, idiomatic constructions are even more common in Ubykh than in most other languages; the representation of abstract ideas with series of concrete elements is a characteristic of the Northwest Caucasian family. As mentioned above, the phrase meaning "You loved him" translates literally as 'You saw him well'; similarly, "she pleased you" is literally 'she cut your heart'. The term {{IPA|/wɨrɨs/}} ('Russian'), an Arabic loan, has come to be a slang term meaning "infidel", "non-Muslim" or "enemy" (see [[#History|History]] below).