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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܘܓܠ	ܙܘܓܠܝܢ
construct	ܙܘܓܠ	ܙܘܓܠܝ
emphatic	ܙܘܓܠܐ	ܙܘܓܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܘܓܠܝ	ܙܘܓܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܘܓܠܟ	ܙܘܓܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܘܓܠܟܝ	ܙܘܓܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܘܓܠܗ	ܙܘܓܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܘܓܠܗ	ܙܘܓܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܘܓܠܢ	ܙܘܓܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܘܓܠܟܘܢ	ܙܘܓܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܘܓܠܟܝܢ	ܙܘܓܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܘܓܠܗܘܢ	ܙܘܓܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܘܓܠܗܝܢ	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