ܙܓܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܓ-ܓ (z-ɡ-ɡ) related to ringing, from ܙܓܐ (zaggā(ʾ), “bell”), from the earlier uncontracted form ܙܢܓܐ (zangā(ʾ)), from Middle Persian [script needed] (zang). Compare Persian زنگ (zang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)ɣɑɣɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)ɣɑɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܓܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܓܓܐ)

1. ringing, resounding, buzzing, tingling (especially of the ears)
2. (pathology) tinnitus

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܓܓܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܓܓ	ܙܓܓܝܢ
construct	ܙܓܓ	ܙܓܓܝ
emphatic	ܙܓܓܐ	ܙܓܓܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܓܓܝ	ܙܓܓܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܓܓܟ	ܙܓܓܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܓܓܟܝ	ܙܓܓܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܓܓܗ	ܙܓܓܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܓܓܗ	ܙܓܓܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܓܓܢ	ܙܓܓܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܓܓܟܘܢ	ܙܓܓܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܓܓܟܝܢ	ܙܓܓܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܓܓܗܘܢ	ܙܓܓܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܓܓܗܝܢ	ܙܓܓܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܙܡܡܐ

References

• “zgg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 110a, 624b
• 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, p. 364b