zog
English edit
Proper noun edit
zog
- Alternative form of ZOG
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
- From Proto-Albanian *dźāg, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(h)(u)eh2-G- (“young animal, nestling”). Cognate to Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”),[1] and perhaps Persian زاق (zâq, “young animal”).
- From Proto-Albanian *j́u̯āgV-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰV-. Compare Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zog m (plural zogj, definite zogu, definite plural zogjtë)
Declension edit
Declension of zog
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- birds:
- zog blete (“bee-eater”) (Merops apiaster)
- zog grabitqar (“bird of prey”)
- zog gjembi (“shrike”) (Laniidae)
- zog këngëtar (“songbird”)
- zog nate (“bat”) (Chiroptera)
- zogu i parajsës (“red bird of paradise”) (Paradisaea rubra)
- zog qepës (“penduline tit”) (Remiz pendulinus)
- zog vejtës (“weaverbird”)
- muscles:
- zogu i krahut (“biceps”)
- zogu i kâmbës (“calf (of leg)”) (Gheg)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 429
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch soch. Verbal noun related to zuigen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zog n (uncountable)
- mother's milk
- suction, wake
- In het zog van die gebeurtenis
- In the wake of that event
- In het zog van die gebeurtenis
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German edit
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Audio (file)
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zog
Latvian edit
Verb edit
zog
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of zagt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of zagt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of zagt
Volapük edit
Noun edit
zog (nominative plural zogs)
Declension edit
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rək, borrowed from Old Chinese 力 (OC *k.rək, “force”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ros.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zog (classifier: lub)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 439.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 286.