зогсох

Mongolian

Etymology

Attested once in a 1338 Middle Mongol document as ᠵᠣᠭᠰᠤᠭᠤᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ (ǰoɣsuɣulbasu, “(if he) let (them) stop”), but otherwise restricted to modern Central Mongolic.

Cognate with Buryat зогсохо (zogsoxo), Kalmyk зогсх (zogsx).

Replaced Proto-Mongolic *baï- in the sense 'to stand', see байх (bajx, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɔɡsəx/

Verb

зогсох • (zogsox) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠣᠭᠰᠤᠬᠤ (ǰoɣsuqu), causative зогсоох)

1. to stand
2. to stop
   1. to halt
   2. (with -хаа (-xaa)) to stop doing

      Synonym: болих (bolix)

   3. to stop happening

      Synonym: завсарлах (zavsarlax)

3. to be unable to continue
4. to break down
5. to persevere

Derived terms

• зогсоц (zogsoc, “pause, rest”)
• зогсоо (zogsoo, “upright, standing”)
• зогсонги (zogsongi, “stagnant”)

See also

• босох (bosox, “to stand up, to rise”)
• хөдлөх (xödlöx, “to move”)