ܙܘܓܐ

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)

yoke, pair, couple
two-horse chariot
two-layered garment
balance, scale
Synonym: ܡܣܐܬܐ‎
(arithmetic) even number
Antonyms: ܐܦܙܓܐ‎ (ʾāp̄azgā, ʾāp̄zəḡā), ܦܪܐ‎ (pārā)
(grammar) conjugation
(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)
  - Armenian: զույգ (zuyg) – literary, զօգՙ (zōgʿ) – Kharberd, զըՙք (zəʿkʿ) – Zeitun
- → Old Georgian: ზოგი (zogi)
  - 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