zog

zog

1. Alternative form of ZOG

• zok

• 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]

• IPA^(key): /zɔɡ/

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

• shpend

• 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)

• zogë, zogël, zogth

From Middle Dutch soch. Verbal noun related to zuigen.

• IPA^(key): /zɔx/

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• Hyphenation: zog
• Rhymes: -ɔx

zog n (uncountable)

1. mother's milk
2. suction, wake

   In het zog van die gebeurtenis

   In the wake of that event

• kielzog

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zog

1. first/third-person singular preterite of ziehen

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

zog (nominative plural zogs)

1. reluctance, hesitation, delay

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rək, borrowed from Old Chinese 力 (OC *k.rək, “force”). Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ros.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ʐɒ˧˩̤/

zog (classifier: lub)

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

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