Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

ܙܩܐ (zeqqāf (plural ܙܩܐ (zeqqē))

  1. wineskin, leather bottle

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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