Karachay-Balkarian Microtopes, Formed from the Names of Trees

One of the main tasks of modern language science, including minority languages like the Karachai-Balkarian language, is to identify the verbalization specifics of the surrounding reality, in particular toponyms, the relevance of which is defined by the
obligatory systemic linguistic analysis of structural-semantic, grammatical, linguoculturological and other features of the Karachai-Balkarian placenames derived from the names of trees since this aspect is a representation of a significant segment of the toponymic picture of the world.
The goal of this article is the polyvector identification and description of the Karachai-Balkarian toponyms-drimonyms with nuclear constituents represented by the names of wild trees. We identified the Karachai-Balkarian microtoponyms formed from the trees' titles. Also, their structural and semantic characteristics and motivational features are considered, and ethnocultural marking is noted. The analysis involved factual material available in special lexicographic publications.
The analyzed factual material showed that the microtoonyms-drimonyms of Karachay and Balkaria structurally consist of one, two, and three constituents, among which two-word microtoponyms prevail, least of all three-word nominations of the area.
The considered onyms in the researched lexemes are different parts of speech and have their own functional and semantic load, affect on the nomination of a particular section of a wooded area, indicating various physical and geographical features of the terrain.
These phantonyms, on the one hand, reflect the rich flora of Karachai and Balkaria, and on the other hand, they contribute to the verbalization of the cognitive model "Relief is a plant" as well as ethnoculturally marked and represent one of the main elements of the mythological picture of the world.