זיקה

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ז־ק־ק (z-q-q)

Noun

זיקה / זִקָּה • (ziká) f (plural indefinite זיקות / זִקּוֹת, singular construct זיקת / זִקַּת־)

  1. an affinity (also in chemistry and electronics)
  2. (law) linkage
  3. (Jewish law) levirate requirement
    • c. 1170–1180, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, Mishneh Torah, "Laws of Levirate Marriage and Release," chapter 6, law 2
      ואלו הם שאין להם זיקה כלל סריס חמה ואנדרוגינוס מפני שאינן ראויין לילד ולא היה להן שעת הכושר:
      And in these cases there is no levirate requirement at all: a natural eunuch and a hermaphrodite, for they are unable to father children, and were also unable at the time .
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

זיקה • (zíka) m

  1. Zika virus

References

  • “זיקה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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