زاغ

See also: راع

Arabic

Root
ز ي غ (z y ḡ)
1 term

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaː.ɣa/

Verb

زَاغَ • (zāḡa) I (non-past يَزِيغُ (yazīḡu), verbal noun زَيْغ (zayḡ) or زَيَغَان (zayaḡān))

  1. to deviate, to turn away, to swerve
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:10:
      إِذْ جَاؤُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتْ الأَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتْ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا
      ʔiḏ jāʔūkum min fawqikum wamin ʔasfala minkum waʔiḏ zāḡat al-ʔabṣāru wabalaḡat al-qulūbu l-ḥanājira wataẓunnūna bi-l-lāhi ẓ-ẓunūnā
      [Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when the gazes shifted, and the hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah assumptions.

Conjugation

Conjugation of زَاغَ (I, hollow, a ~ i, impersonal passive, verbal nouns زَيْغ, زَيَغَان)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
زَيْغ, زَيَغَان
zayḡ, zayaḡān
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
زَائِغ
zāʔiḡ
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
مَزِيغ
mazīḡ
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m زِغْتُ
ziḡtu
زِغْتَ
ziḡta
زَاغَ
zāḡa
زِغْتُمَا
ziḡtumā
زَاغَا
zāḡā
زِغْنَا
ziḡnā
زِغْتُمْ
ziḡtum
زَاغُوا
zāḡū
f زِغْتِ
ziḡti
زَاغَتْ
zāḡat
زَاغَتَا
zāḡatā
زِغْتُنَّ
ziḡtunna
زِغْنَ
ziḡna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أَزِيغُ
ʔazīḡu
تَزِيغُ
tazīḡu
يَزِيغُ
yazīḡu
تَزِيغَانِ
tazīḡāni
يَزِيغَانِ
yazīḡāni
نَزِيغُ
nazīḡu
تَزِيغُونَ
tazīḡūna
يَزِيغُونَ
yazīḡūna
f تَزِيغِينَ
tazīḡīna
تَزِيغُ
tazīḡu
تَزِيغَانِ
tazīḡāni
تَزِغْنَ
taziḡna
يَزِغْنَ
yaziḡna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أَزِيغَ
ʔazīḡa
تَزِيغَ
tazīḡa
يَزِيغَ
yazīḡa
تَزِيغَا
tazīḡā
يَزِيغَا
yazīḡā
نَزِيغَ
nazīḡa
تَزِيغُوا
tazīḡū
يَزِيغُوا
yazīḡū
f تَزِيغِي
tazīḡī
تَزِيغَ
tazīḡa
تَزِيغَا
tazīḡā
تَزِغْنَ
taziḡna
يَزِغْنَ
yaziḡna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أَزِغْ
ʔaziḡ
تَزِغْ
taziḡ
يَزِغْ
yaziḡ
تَزِيغَا
tazīḡā
يَزِيغَا
yazīḡā
نَزِغْ
naziḡ
تَزِيغُوا
tazīḡū
يَزِيغُوا
yazīḡū
f تَزِيغِي
tazīḡī
تَزِغْ
taziḡ
تَزِيغَا
tazīḡā
تَزِغْنَ
taziḡna
يَزِغْنَ
yaziḡna
imperative
الْأَمْر
m زِغْ
ziḡ
زِيغَا
zīḡā
زِيغُوا
zīḡū
f زِيغِي
zīḡī
زِغْنَ
ziḡna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m زِيغَ
zīḡa
f
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m يُزَاغُ
yuzāḡu
f
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m يُزَاغَ
yuzāḡa
f
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m يُزَغْ
yuzaḡ
f

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زاغ (zâġ, rook).

Noun

زاغ • (zağ)

  1. carrion crow, the common European black crow (Corvus corone)
  2. rook, a common European bird of the crow family (Corvus frugilegus)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian, from Proto-Iranian (compare Sogdian [script needed] (zʾγ /⁠zāγ⁠/, crow), Northern Kurdish zax (crow), Parthian [script needed] (zxs- /⁠zaxs-⁠/, to sound)).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zāġ
Dari reading? zāġ
Iranian reading? zâġ
Tajik reading? zoġ

Noun

Dari زاغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik зоғ

زاغ • (zâġ)

  1. rook (bird)

Descendants

  • Kazakh: ұзақ (ūzaq)
  • Uzbek: zogʻ