"ܙܝܘܓܐ" meaning in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

See ܙܝܘܓܐ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [zjoːɣɑː] [Standard], [ziːwɑː] (note: Urmia)
Etymology: Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܙܝܘܓ (zīwaḡ), from Aramaic [Term?], from a hypothetical Middle Persian [script needed] (*zywk' /⁠zīwag⁠/, “mercury”), whence also Arabic زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq) and Persian ژیوه (žive), ultimately from Middle Persian [script needed] (zy(w)ndk' /⁠zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg⁠/, “living”). Etymology templates: {{slbor|aii|syc|ܙܝܘܓ|tr=zīwaḡ}} Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܙܝܘܓ (zīwaḡ), {{der|aii|arc|}} Aramaic [Term?], {{der|aii|pal||t=mercury|tr=*zywk'|ts=zīwag}} Middle Persian [script needed] (*zywk' /⁠zīwag⁠/, “mercury”), {{cog|ar|زِئْبَق}} Arabic زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq), {{cog|fa|ژیوه|tr=žive}} Persian ژیوه (žive), {{der|aii|pal||t=living|tr=zy(w)ndk'|ts=zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg}} Middle Persian [script needed] (zy(w)ndk' /⁠zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg⁠/, “living”) Head templates: {{aii-noun|ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ|m}} ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ • (zyōḡā) m Inflection templates: {{aii-infl-noun-unc/m-s|ܙܝܘܿܓ݂|ircstr=ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂}}, {{aii-infl-noun-unc|1cp=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܢ|1cs=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܝܼ|2cp=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ|2fs=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ|2ms=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂|3cp=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ|3fs=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܗ̇|3ms=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܹܗ|abs.=ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂|cstr.=ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂|emph.=ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ|number=singular}} Forms: ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ [canonical], zyōḡā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂ [absolute, singular], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܝܼ [first-person, possessed-form, singular], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܢ [first-person, plural, possessed-form], ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂ [construct, singular], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ [plural, possessed-form, second-person], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ [emphatic, singular], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܹܗ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܗ̇ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ [plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. quicksilver, mercury (a silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg)
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  "forms": [
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        "possessed-form"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ",
      "roman": "zyōḡāḵ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ",
      "roman": "zyōḡawḵōn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܹܗ",
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        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܗ̇",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "roman": "zyōḡhōn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "1": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ",
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      "name": "aii-noun"
    }
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        "1": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1cp": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܢ",
        "1cs": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܝܼ",
        "2cp": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ",
        "2fs": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ",
        "2ms": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂",
        "3cp": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ",
        "3fs": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܗ̇",
        "3ms": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܹܗ",
        "abs.": "ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂",
        "cstr.": "ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂",
        "emph.": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ",
        "number": "singular"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
  "lang_code": "aii",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "aii",
          "name": "Liquids",
          "orig": "aii:Liquids",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "langcode": "aii",
          "name": "Metals",
          "orig": "aii:Metals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quicksilver, mercury (a silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ܙܝܘܓܐ-aii-noun-gAi-HkeG",
      "links": [
        [
          "quicksilver",
          "quicksilver"
        ],
        [
          "mercury",
          "mercury#English:_Q925"
        ],
        [
          "silvery",
          "silvery"
        ],
        [
          "metallic",
          "metallic"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "Hg",
          "Hg"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[zjoːɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ziːwɑː]",
      "note": "Urmia"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ܙܝܼܘܵܐ (zīwā, “glow, aura, splendid appearance”)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ܙܝܘܓܐ"
}
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        "1": "aii",
        "2": "syc",
        "3": "ܙܝܘܓ",
        "tr": "zīwaḡ"
      },
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      "name": "slbor"
    },
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        "1": "aii",
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        "3": ""
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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (*zywk' /⁠zīwag⁠/, “mercury”)",
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        "2": "زِئْبَق"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "aii",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "",
        "t": "living",
        "tr": "zy(w)ndk'",
        "ts": "zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (zy(w)ndk' /⁠zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg⁠/, “living”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܙܝܘܓ (zīwaḡ), from Aramaic [Term?], from a hypothetical Middle Persian [script needed] (*zywk' /⁠zīwag⁠/, “mercury”), whence also Arabic زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq) and Persian ژیوه (žive), ultimately from Middle Persian [script needed] (zy(w)ndk' /⁠zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg⁠/, “living”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zyōḡā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aii-infl-noun-unc/m-s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂",
      "roman": "zīwaḡ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolute",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܝܼ",
      "roman": "zyōḡī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܢ",
      "roman": "zyōḡan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂",
      "roman": "zīwaḡ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂",
      "roman": "zyōḡōḵ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ",
      "roman": "zyōḡāḵ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ",
      "roman": "zyōḡawḵōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ",
      "roman": "zyōḡā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܹܗ",
      "roman": "zyōḡēh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܗ̇",
      "roman": "zyōḡāh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ",
      "roman": "zyōḡhōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ",
        "2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ • (zyōḡā) m",
      "name": "aii-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂",
        "ircstr": "ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂"
      },
      "name": "aii-infl-noun-unc/m-s"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1cp": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܢ",
        "1cs": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܝܼ",
        "2cp": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ",
        "2fs": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ",
        "2ms": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂",
        "3cp": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ",
        "3fs": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܗ̇",
        "3ms": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܹܗ",
        "abs.": "ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂",
        "cstr.": "ܙܝܼܘܲܓ݂",
        "emph.": "ܙܝܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ",
        "number": "singular"
      },
      "name": "aii-infl-noun-unc"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
  "lang_code": "aii",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Aramaic term requests",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic masculine nouns",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic nouns",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic semi-learned borrowings from Classical Syriac",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms borrowed from Classical Syriac",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Aramaic",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Classical Syriac",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Middle Persian",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms",
        "aii:Liquids",
        "aii:Metals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quicksilver, mercury (a silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quicksilver",
          "quicksilver"
        ],
        [
          "mercury",
          "mercury#English:_Q925"
        ],
        [
          "silvery",
          "silvery"
        ],
        [
          "metallic",
          "metallic"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "Hg",
          "Hg"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[zjoːɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ziːwɑː]",
      "note": "Urmia"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ܙܝܼܘܵܐ (zīwā, “glow, aura, splendid appearance”)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ܙܝܘܓܐ"
}

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