ܙܘܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

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

Noun

ܙܘܓܐ • (zawgāʾ) m (plural ܙܘܓܐ)

  1. yoke, pair, couple
  2. two-horse chariot
  3. two-layered garment
  4. balance, scale
  5. (arithmetic) even number
  6. (grammar) conjugation
  7. (linguistics) two-stem compound word

Inflection
    declension 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

Antonyms
  • (even number): ܐܦܙܓܐ‎ (ʾāp̄azgāʾ, ʾāp̄zəḡāʾ), ܦܪܐ‎ (pārāʾ)

Descendants
  • → Old Armenian: զոյգ (zoyg) (see there for further descendants)

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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