зогсох

зогсох

Mongolian

Etymology

Attested once in a 1338 Middle Mongolian document as ᠵᠣᠭᠰᠤᠭᠤᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ (ǰoɣsuɣulbasu, “(if he) let (them) stop”), but otherwise restricted to modern Central Mongolic.

Cognate with Buryat зогсохо (zogsoxo), Kalmyk зогсх (zogsx).

Replaced Proto-Mongolic *baï- in the sense 'to stand', see байх (bajh, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɔɡsəx/

Verb

зогсох • (zogsoh) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠣᠭᠰᠤᠬᠤ (ǰoɣsuqu), causative зогсоох)

1. to stand
2. to stop
   1. to halt
   2. (with -хаа (-haa)) to stop doing

      Synonym: болих (bolih)

   3. to stop happening

      Synonym: завсарлах (zavsarlah)

3. to be unable to continue
4. to break down
5. to persevere

Derived terms

• зогсоц (zogsots, “pause, rest”)
• зогсоо (zogsoo, “upright, standing”)
• зогсонги (zogsongi, “stagnant”)

See also

• босох (bosoh, “to stand up, to rise”)
• хөдлөх (hödlöh, “to move”)