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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