ܙܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Cognate to other Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זִיקָּא (ziqqā), Akkadian 𒋢𒍣𒄣 (^KUŠzi-qu /⁠ziqqu⁠/), and Arabic زِقّ (ziqq), all seen as being derived from Aramaic as its source; see also Old Armenian տիկ (tik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛqqɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [zɛqqe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܙܩܐ • (zeqqā) f (plural ܙܩܐ (zeqqē))

1. wineskin, leather bottle

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܩܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܩ		1st person	ܙܩܝ		ܙܩܢ
	construct	ܙܩ		2nd person	ܙܩܟ	ܙܩܟܝ	ܙܩܟܘܢ	ܙܩܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܩܐ		3rd person	ܙܩܗ	ܙܩܗ	ܙܩܗܘܢ	ܙܩܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܩܝܢ		1st person	ܙܩܝ		ܙܩܝܢ
	construct	ܙܩܝ		2nd person	ܙܩܝܟ	ܙܩܝܟܝ	ܙܩܝܟܘܢ	ܙܩܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܩܐ		3rd person	ܙܩܘܗܝ	ܙܩܝܗ	ܙܩܝܗܘܢ	ܙܩܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: زِقّ (ziqq)
• → Akkadian: 𒋢𒍣𒄣 (^KUŠzi-qu /⁠ziqqu⁠/)

References

• “zq”, 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 91a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 119a
• 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 393a