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

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܘܘܓ		1st person	ܙܘܘܓܝ		ܙܘܘܓܢ
	construct	ܙܘܘܓ		2nd person	ܙܘܘܓܟ	ܙܘܘܓܟܝ	ܙܘܘܓܟܘܢ	ܙܘܘܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܘܓܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܘܓܗ	ܙܘܘܓܗ	ܙܘܘܓܗܘܢ	ܙܘܘܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܘܘܓܝܢ		1st person	ܙܘܘܓܝ		ܙܘܘܓܝܢ
	construct	ܙܘܘܓܝ		2nd person	ܙܘܘܓܝܟ	ܙܘܘܓܝܟܝ	ܙܘܘܓܝܟܘܢ	ܙܘܘܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܘܓܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܘܓܘܗܝ	ܙܘܘܓܝܗ	ܙܘܘܓܝܗܘܢ	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