I don't know if he didn't feel that they were saying "showing off" behind his back... However, he was often right in his critical speeches... Adalat Tahirzade, one of the talented employees of the Institute of Linguistics, gave a report at the Scientific Council and said that all words in the Azerbaijani language are derived from five root words, four of which I found it, only one left...
Bilmirəm, hiss etmirdimi ki, arxasınca "özünü göstərir" deyirlər... Ancaq tənqidi çıxışlarında çox vaxt haqlı olurdu... Dilçilik İnstitutunun istedadlı əməkdaşlarından Ədalət Tahirzadə Elmi Şurada məruzə edib deyir ki, Azərbaycan dilindəki bütün sözlər beş kök-sözdən törəyib, onların dördünü tapmışam, cəmisi biri qalıb...