zog

zog

1. Alternative spelling of ZOG

• zok (Tosk), zogj (plurale tantum), suk (Tosk)

• 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 (zāq, “young animal”).

• From Proto-Albanian *j́u̯āgV-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰV-. Compare Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”).[2]

• IPA^(key): /zɔɡ/
• IPA^(key): [zɔk] (Tosk)

zog m (indefinite plural zogj, definite singular 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 apiastor)
  • zog grabitqar (“bird of prey”)
  • zog gjembi (“shrike”) (Laniidae)
  • zog kengëtar (“songbird”)
  • zogu i natës (“bat”) (Chiroptera)
  • zogu i parajsës (“red bird of paradise”) (Paradisea rubra)
  • zog qepës (“penduline tit”) (Remis 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. 3rd person singular present indicative form of zagt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of zagt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of zagt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of zagt

zog (nominative plural zogs)

1. reluctance, hesitation, delay

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

• IPA^(key): /ʐɒ˧˩̤/

zog

1. strength