ܙܘܘܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܘ-ܓ (z-w-ɡ) related to joining, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón) or ζεῦγος (zeûgos), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”). Compare Arabic زَوَاج (zawāj) and Hebrew זִוּוּג (ziwwûḡ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zuwwɑɣɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zuwwɑɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܘܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܘܘܓܐ)

1. marriage, wedding
2. matrimony, wedlock
3. spouse
4. copulation, coition, sexual intercourse
5. coupling, cohabitation

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܘܘܓܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܘܘܓ	ܙܘܘܓܝܢ
construct	ܙܘܘܓ	ܙܘܘܓܝ
emphatic	ܙܘܘܓܐ	ܙܘܘܓܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܘܘܓܝ	ܙܘܘܓܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܘܘܓܟ	ܙܘܘܓܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܘܘܓܟܝ	ܙܘܘܓܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܘܘܓܗ	ܙܘܘܓܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܘܘܓܗ	ܙܘܘܓܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܘܘܓܢ	ܙܘܘܓܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܘܘܓܟܘܢ	ܙܘܘܓܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܘܘܓܟܝܢ	ܙܘܘܓܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܘܘܓܗܘܢ	ܙܘܘܓܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܘܘܓܗܝܢ	ܙܘܘܓܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zwwg”, 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, p. 85b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 371a