זיקה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ז־ק־ק (z-q-q)

Noun

זיקה / זִקָּה • (ziká) f (plural indefinite זיקות / זִקּוֹת, singular construct זיקת / זִקַּת־)

1. an affinity (also in chemistry and electronics)
2. (law) linkage
3. (Jewish law) levirate requirement
   • c. 1170–1180, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, Mishneh Torah, "Laws of Levirate Marriage and Release," chapter 6, law 2

     ואלו הם שאין להם זיקה כלל סריס חמה ואנדרוגינוס מפני שאינן ראויין לילד ולא היה להן שעת הכושר:

     And in these cases there is no levirate requirement at all: a natural eunuch and a hermaphrodite, for they are unable to father children, and were also unable at the time [of the previous marriage].

Synonyms

• (affinity): קֶשֶׁר (késher)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

זיקה • (zíka) m

1. Zika virus

References

• “זיקה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• זיקה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he