# zog
## English
### Noun

zog
* Alternative form of ZOG

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* zok

### Etymology

* From Proto-Albanian *dźāg, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵ(h)(u)eh2-G- (“young animal, nestling”). Cognate to Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”), and perhaps Persian زاق (zâq, “young animal”).
* From Proto-Albanian *j́u̯āgV-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰV-. Compare Armenian ձագ (jag, “nestling”).
* From Proto-Albanian *zu̯āga- < *dᶻu̯āga- < *ǵu̯āga- < Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰu̯ah₂gʰó- (“calling, noisy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɔɡ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

zog m (plural zogj, definite zogu, definite plural zogjtë)
* bird
* chick, nestling
* (dialectal) animal young
* (dialectal) son
* (anatomy) limb muscle

#### Synonyms

* shpend

#### 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:
** zogu i krahut (“biceps”)
** zogu i kâmbës (“calf (of leg)”) (Gheg)

#### Derived terms

* zogë, zogël, zogth, zogëz, zogdele

### References

* ↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 429
* ↑ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
* ↑ Neri, Sergio / Demiraj, Bardhyl (2020): ZOG -u  . In: DPEWA.URL: https://www.dpwa.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/dictionary/?lemmaid=14117

### 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]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “zog”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch soch. Verbal noun related to zuigen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

#### Derived terms

* kielzog

## 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)
* reluctance, hesitation, delay

#### Declension

$^1$ 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʐɒ˧˩̤/

### Noun

zog (classifier: lub)
* might, strength, energy, force, power
* motion, movement

#### Derived terms

* tsaug zog (“sleepy”)
* ua zog (“to move, labor”)

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 439.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 286.