ܙܘܓܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Probably metathesized. Compare synonymous Hebrew גּוֹזָל (gōzāl), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܓܘܙܠܐ (gVzalā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גּוֹזָלָא (gōzālā), likewise Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, and Punic in the plant name 𐤇𐤑𐤓 𐤂𐤆𐤋 (ḥaṣīr gōzāl, “vervain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zuɣallɑ], [zawɡalɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zuɣalle], [zawɡale] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܓܠܐ • (zūḡallā, zawgalā) m (plural ܙܘܓܠܐ (zūḡallē, zawgalē))

1. fledgling (especially squab)

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܘܓܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܘܓܠ		1st person	ܙܘܓܠܝ		ܙܘܓܠܢ
	construct	ܙܘܓܠ		2nd person	ܙܘܓܠܟ	ܙܘܓܠܟܝ	ܙܘܓܠܟܘܢ	ܙܘܓܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܓܠܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܓܠܗ	ܙܘܓܠܗ	ܙܘܓܠܗܘܢ	ܙܘܓܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܘܓܠܝܢ		1st person	ܙܘܓܠܝ		ܙܘܓܠܝܢ
	construct	ܙܘܓܠܝ		2nd person	ܙܘܓܠܝܟ	ܙܘܓܠܝܟܝ	ܙܘܓܠܝܟܘܢ	ܙܘܓܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܓܠܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܓܠܘܗܝ	ܙܘܓܠܝܗ	ܙܘܓܠܝܗܘܢ	ܙܘܓܠܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: زُغْلُول (zuḡlūl)

References

• “zwgl”, 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 85b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 370a