زغاية

Arabic

Etymology

A Berber borrowing, from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.ɣaː.ja/

Noun

زَغَايَة • (zaḡāya) f (plural زَغَايَات (zaḡāyāt))

1. (obsolete, colloquial, Algeria, Tunisia) a pole with an iron stick to prod, bayonet, assegai

   Synonym: سُنْكِيّ (sunkiyy)

Declension

Declension of noun زَغَايَة (zaḡāya)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَغَايَة zaḡāya	الزَّغَايَة az-zaḡāya	زَغَايَة zaḡāyat
nominative	زَغَايَةٌ zaḡāyatun	الزَّغَايَةُ az-zaḡāyatu	زَغَايَةُ zaḡāyatu
accusative	زَغَايَةً zaḡāyatan	الزَّغَايَةَ az-zaḡāyata	زَغَايَةَ zaḡāyata
genitive	زَغَايَةٍ zaḡāyatin	الزَّغَايَةِ az-zaḡāyati	زَغَايَةِ zaḡāyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَغَايَتَيْن zaḡāyatayn	الزَّغَايَتَيْن az-zaḡāyatayn	زَغَايَتَيْ zaḡāyatay
nominative	زَغَايَتَانِ zaḡāyatāni	الزَّغَايَتَانِ az-zaḡāyatāni	زَغَايَتَا zaḡāyatā
accusative	زَغَايَتَيْنِ zaḡāyatayni	الزَّغَايَتَيْنِ az-zaḡāyatayni	زَغَايَتَيْ zaḡāyatay
genitive	زَغَايَتَيْنِ zaḡāyatayni	الزَّغَايَتَيْنِ az-zaḡāyatayni	زَغَايَتَيْ zaḡāyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَغَايَات zaḡāyāt	الزَّغَايَات az-zaḡāyāt	زَغَايَات zaḡāyāt
nominative	زَغَايَاتٌ zaḡāyātun	الزَّغَايَاتُ az-zaḡāyātu	زَغَايَاتُ zaḡāyātu
accusative	زَغَايَاتٍ zaḡāyātin	الزَّغَايَاتِ az-zaḡāyāti	زَغَايَاتِ zaḡāyāti
genitive	زَغَايَاتٍ zaḡāyātin	الزَّغَايَاتِ az-zaḡāyāti	زَغَايَاتِ zaḡāyāti

Descendants

• → Dutch: assagaai
  • → Afrikaans: assegaai
  • → German: Assagai
• → Catalan: atzagaia
• → French: azagaie, zagaie
  • → English: assegai, assagai, assagaie, assagay, assegaai, assegay, azagaia, hassagay, hassaguay, zagaie, zagaye (obsolete)
• → Italian: zagaglia
• → Portuguese: azagaia, zagaia
• → Spanish: azagaya

References

• Defrémery, Charles (1862) Journal asiatique, number 1, page 89