ܙܘܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology
Root
ܙ ܘ ܓ (z w g)
4 terms

From Aramaic זַוְגָּא (zawgā), from Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”); compare also borrowed into Arabic زَوْج (zawj) and Hebrew זוּג (zug).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [zɑwɡɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [zoʔa]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [zoːd͡ʒɑː]

Noun

ܙܵܘܓܵܐ • (zāwgā) m sg (plural ܙܵܘܓܹ̈ܐ (zāwgē))

  1. yoke
    Synonym: ܢܝܼܪܵܐ (nīrā)
  2. pair, couple, twosome
  3. (poker) pair, two-of-a-kind
  4. (grammar) conjugation
    Synonym: ܣܘܼܪܥܵܦܵܐ (surˁāpā)
  5. (linguistics) two-stem compound word

Inflection
Inflection of ܙܵܘܓܵܐ (zāwgā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܙܵܘܓܝܼ
(zāwgī)		 ܙܵܘܓܲܢ
(zāwgan)
construct ܙܘܿܓ݂
(zōḡ)		 2nd person ܙܵܘܓܘܼܟ݂
(zāwgūḵ)		 ܙܵܘܓܵܟ݂ܝ
(zāwgāḵ)		 ܙܵܘܓܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(zāwgāwḵōn)
emphatic ܙܵܘܓܵܐ
(zāwgā)		 3rd person ܙܵܘܓܹܗ
(zāwgēh)		 ܙܵܘܓܵܗ̇
(zāwgāh)		 ܙܵܘܓܗܘܿܢ
(zāwghōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܙܵܘܓܝܼ̈
(zāwgī)		 ܙܵܘܓܲܢ̈
(zāwgan)
construct ܙܵܘܓܲܝ̈
(zāwgay)		 2nd person ܙܵܘܓܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(zāwgūḵ)		 ܙܵܘܓܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(zāwgāḵ)		 ܙܵܘܓܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(zāwgāwḵōn)
emphatic ܙܵܘܓܹ̈ܐ
(zāwgē)		 3rd person ܙܵܘܓܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(zāwgūh)		 ܙܵܘܓ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(zāwgōh)		 ܙܵܘܓܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(zāwghōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón) or ζεῦγος (zeûgos), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”). Compare Arabic زَوْج (zawj) and Hebrew זוּג (zûḡ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zawɡɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zawɡe] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܓܐ • (zawgā) m (plural ܙܘܓܐ)

  1. yoke, pair, couple
  2. two-horse chariot
  3. two-layered garment
  4. balance, scale
    Synonym: ܡܣܐܬܐ
  5. (arithmetic) even number
    Antonyms: ܐܦܙܓܐ (ʾāp̄azgā, ʾāp̄zəḡā), ܦܪܐ (pārā)
  6. (grammar) conjugation
  7. (linguistics) two-stem compound word

Inflection
    inflection of ܙܘܓܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܙܘܓ ܙܘܓܝܢ
construct ܙܘܓ ܙܘܓܝ
emphatic ܙܘܓܐ ܙܘܓܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܙܘܓܝ ܙܘܓܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܙܘܓܟ ܙܘܓܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܙܘܓܟܝ ܙܘܓܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܙܘܓܗ ܙܘܓܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܙܘܓܗ ܙܘܓܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܙܘܓܢ ܙܘܓܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܙܘܓܟܘܢ ܙܘܓܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܙܘܓܟܝܢ ܙܘܓܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܙܘܓܗܘܢ ܙܘܓܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܙܘܓܗܝܢ ܙܘܓܝܗܝܢ

Descendants
  • → Old Armenian: զոյգ (zoyg)
    • Middle Armenian: զոյգ (zoyg), զուգ (zug), զուկ (zuk)
    • → Old Georgian: ზოგი (zogi)
    • → Northern Kurdish: zoq
  • → Arabic: زَوْج (zawj)

References
  • “zwg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 85b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 111b-112a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 369b-370a
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