ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒍝𒅗𒅗𒌈 (/zakakatu/, “glass, glaze, gloss”), Arabic زُجَاجَة‎ (zujāja(t)), and Hebrew זְגוּגִית‎ (zəḡûḡîṯ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)ɣuɣiθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)ɣuɣjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ • (zgūgītā’) f (plural ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ)

  1. glass (substance)
  2. (by extension) any vessel made of glass
  3. (medicine) eye disease

Inflection
    declension of ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܙܓܘܓܝ ܙܓܘܓܝܢ
construct ܙܓܘܓܝܬ ܙܓܘܓܝܬ
emphatic ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܝ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟܝ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܢ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟܘܢ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟܝܢ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗܘܢ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗܝܢ ܙܓܘܓܝܬܗܝܢ

References
  • “zgwgy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 84a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 110a
  • 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, pp. 364b-365a
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