ܓܘܓ

Cognate to Classical Syriac ܓܘܓ (“to creep, wriggle”) with an irregular shift from /g/ to /d͡ʒ/. Possible denominal of ܓܘܓܝ (gəwāḡay, “spider”).

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ܓ̰ܵܘܹܓ̰ • (jāwēj)

1. (intransitive) to move

   ܐܸܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܵܚܹܝܢܹܗ ܒܐܲܩܠܝܼ، ܠܹܐ ܓ̰ܵܘܹܓ̰ ܘܠܹܐ ܙܵܒ݂ܹܪ ܗܲܠ ܥܵܠܲܡ.

   in lā māḥēnēh b-aqlī, lē jāwēj w-lē zāḇēr hal ˁālam.

   If I do not hit it with my foot, it will not move nor will it ever get upturned

2. (intransitive) to proceed , to advance
3. (intransitive) to walk
4. (intransitive) to crawl
5. to wriggle, creep

   ܨܸܨܪܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܒܸܓ̰ܘܵܓ̰ܵܐ ܒܩܘܿܪܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ

   ṣiṣrā wē lēh bijwājā bqōrnīṯā

   The cockroach is wriggling in the corner.

• ܡܲܓ̰ܘܸܓ̰ (majwij, “to move”)
• ܓ̰ܘܵܓ̰ܬܵܐ (jwājtā, “moving, movement”)
• ܓ̰ܵܘܓ̰ܵܢܵܐ (jāwjānā, “mover”)

• (move): ܙܵܝܹܥ (zāyēˁ)
• (walk): ܗܲܠܸܟ݂ (halliḵ)
• (crawl): ܪܵܚܹܫ (rāḥēš)

From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg).

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ܓܘܓ • (gōg)

1. (biblical) Gog

   Synonym: ܐܓܘܓ

• ܡܓܘܓ (magōg, “Magog”)

• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 228