زئبق

See also: زيبق

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܝܘܓ (zīwag), from a hypothetical Middle Persian [script needed] (*zywk' /⁠zīwag⁠/, “mercury”), whence also Persian ژیوه (žive). From Middle Persian [script needed] (zy(w)ndk' /⁠zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg⁠/, “living”), from [script needed] (zyw /⁠*zīwa-,*zība-⁠/, “live”), from Old Persian 𐎪𐎡𐎺 (ji-i-v /⁠jīva⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós. For the sense development compare English quick and quicksilver. Akin to Old Armenian սնդիկ (sndik), Middle Armenian ժիպակ (žipak), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

زِئْبَق • (ziʔbaq) m

  1. (chemistry, uncountable) mercury (element), quicksilver

Declension
Declension of noun زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زِئْبَق
ziʔbaq		 الزِّئْبَق
az-ziʔbaq		 زِئْبَق
ziʔbaq
Nominative زِئْبَقٌ
ziʔbaqun		 الزِّئْبَقُ
az-ziʔbaqu		 زِئْبَقُ
ziʔbaqu
Accusative زِئْبَقًا
ziʔbaqan		 الزِّئْبَقَ
az-ziʔbaqa		 زِئْبَقَ
ziʔbaqa
Genitive زِئْبَقٍ
ziʔbaqin		 الزِّئْبَقِ
az-ziʔbaqi		 زِئْبَقِ
ziʔbaqi

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: զիպակ (zipak)
  • → Swahili: zebaki

Further reading
  • Asatrian, Mushegh (2006) “Iranian Elements in Arabic: The State of Research”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 10, number 1, page 101
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 174
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