ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic זְגוּגִיתָא‎ (zḡūḡīṯā), from Akkadian 𒍝𒅗𒅗𒌈 (/zakukītu/), from 𒍪𒆪𒌑 (/zukû/, “a kind of frit used in glass-making”, literally “clarity, clear, clean, refined or pure substance”); compare Arabic زُجَاجَة‎ (zujāja), زُجَاج‎ (zujāj), Hebrew זְגוּגִית‎ (zgugit) and זְכוּכִית‎ (zkhukhít).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [zɣoːɣiːtɑ]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [zɣoːɣiːθɑ]

Noun

ܙܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܬܵܐ • (zḡoḡītā) f (plural ܙܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (zḡoḡyātē))

  1. glass (transparent, rigid and brittle substance)
    ‏ܟܠ ܟܵܘܬܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܬܵܐ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܡ̣ܢ ܙܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܬܵܐ‎‎
    kul kāwtā ḥadttā ʿḇidtā ìlāh min zḡoḡītā
    All modern windows are made out of glass.
  2. glass vessel

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܙܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܵܝܵܐ‎ (zḡoḡāyā, “glassy”)
  • ܙܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܵܢܵܐ‎ (zḡoḡānā, “glassmaker”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ • (zgūgītā) f (plural ܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ)

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

Inflection

References

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