zog
English
Noun
zog
- Alternative form of ZOG.
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
- From Proto-Albanian *dźāg, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(h)(u)eh2-G- (“young animal, nestling”). Cognate to Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”),[1] and perhaps Persian زاق (zâq, “young animal”).
- From Proto-Albanian *j́u̯āgV-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰV-. Compare Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”).[2]
- From Proto-Albanian *zu̯āga- < *dᶻu̯āga- < *ǵu̯āga- < Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰó- (“calling, noisy”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɔɡ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
zog m (plural zogj, definite zogu, definite plural zogjtë)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | zog | zogu | zogj | zogjtë |
| accusative | zogun | |||
| dative | zogu | zogut | zogjve | zogjve |
| ablative | zogjsh | |||
Synonyms
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:
Derived terms
References
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 429
- ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “zog”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
Further reading
- “zog”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2], 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “zog”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch soch. Verbal noun related to zuigen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɔx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zog
- Rhymes: -ɔx
Noun
zog n (uncountable)
- mother's milk
- suction, wake
- In het zog van die gebeurtenis
- In the wake of that event
- In het zog van die gebeurtenis
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
zog
- first/third-person singular preterite of ziehen
Latvian
Verb
zog
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of zagt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of zagt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of zagt
Volapük
Noun
zog (nominative plural zogs)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zog | zogs |
| genitive | zoga | zogas |
| dative | zoge | zoges |
| accusative | zogi | zogis |
| vocative 1 | o zog! | o zogs! |
| predicative 2 | zogu | zogus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rək, borrowed from Old Chinese 力 (OC *k.rək, “force”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ros.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʐɒ˧˩̤/
Noun
zog (classifier: lub)
Derived terms
- tsaug zog (“sleepy”)
- ua zog (“to move, labor”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 439.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 286.