zog

See also: ZOG and zoğ

English

Noun

zog

1. Alternative form of ZOG.

Albanian

Një zog

Alternative forms

• zok

Etymology

• From Proto-Albanian *dźāg, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(h)(u)eh2-G- (“young animal, nestling”). Cognate to Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”), and perhaps Persian زاق (zâq, “young animal”).

• From Proto-Albanian *j́u̯āgV-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰV-. Compare Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”).

• From Proto-Albanian *zu̯āga- < *dᶻu̯āga- < *ǵu̯āga- < Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰó- (“calling, noisy”).

First attested in 1555.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔɡ/

• Audio:

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Noun

zog m (plural zogj, definite zogu, definite plural zogjtë)

1. bird
2. chick, nestling
3. (dialectal) animal young
4. (dialectal) son
5. (anatomy) limb muscle

Declension

Declension of zog

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zog	zogu	zogj	zogjtë
accusative		zogun
dative	zogu	zogut	zogjve	zogjve
ablative			zogjsh

Synonyms

• shpend

Hyponyms

• 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

• gjysmëzog
• zogdele
• zogë
• zogël
• zogëz
• zogth

Further reading

• “zog”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “zog”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch soch. Verbal noun related to zuigen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔx/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: zog
• Rhymes: -ɔx

Noun

zog n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. mother's milk
2. suction, wake

   In het zog van die gebeurtenis

   In the wake of that event

Derived terms

• kielzog

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

zog

1. first/third-person singular preterite of ziehen

Latvian

Verb

zog

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of zagt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of zagt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of zagt

Volapük

Noun

zog (genitive zoga, plural zogs)

1. reluctance, hesitation, delay

Declension

Declension of zog

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zog	zogs
Genitive	zoga	zogas
Dative	zoge	zoges
Accusative	zogi	zogis
Predicative1	zogu	zogus
Vocative	o zog	o zogs

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rək, borrowed from Old Chinese 力 (OC *k.rək, “force”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐɒ˧˩̤/

Noun

zog (classifier: lub)

1. might, strength, energy, force, power
2. motion, movement

Derived terms

• tsaug zog (“sleepy”)
• ua zog (“to move, labor”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 439.