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zgwgy, zgwgytˀ (zḡūḡī, zḡūḡīṯā) n.f. glass
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glass
Syr, JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA
Moussaieff6 11 ܚܘܡܪܝ ܙܟܘܟܝܬܐ‏ : glass beads ; Rev 4:6↗ ܝܲܡܵܐ ܕ݁ܲܙܓ݂ܘ݂ܓ݂ܼܝܬ݂ܵܐ‏ ; IshGen 125:26↗ ܡܐܢܐ ܕܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ ܕܡܠܐ ܡܝ̈ܐ‏ : a glass vessel full of water ; BT Ḥul 84b(14)↗ בזכוכיתא רומיתא‏ : of Roman glass ; SM 18(20):68.2(28)↗ בזכוכיתא חיורתי‏ : of white [i.e translucent] glass ; PJ Deut33:19↗ ומן חלא מפקין אספקלרין ומני זגוגיתא‏ : from sand they produce mirrors and glass vessels
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(med.) an eye disease
Syr
Med 68:7 ܣܝ݂ܡܵܐ ܪܲܛܝ݂ܒ݂ܘ݂ܛ݂ܵܐ ܗܝ݁ ܕܡܸܬ݂ܩܲܪܝܐ ܙܓ݂ܘ݁ܓ݂ܝ݂ܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܗܝ݁ ܕܕܲܡܝܵܐ ܠܲܙܓ݂ܘ݁ܓ݂ܝ݂ܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܫܲܪܝܐ ܘܐܲܫܝ݂ܕܵܐ‏ : that moisture called "glass" is caused, inasmuch as it is like loose and flowing glass
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In JBA and LJLA the Hebraizing form זכוכיתא appears as a frequent variant.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 364[188]DJBA: 412Jastrow: 380Drower/Macuch: 12a, 162a, 86aJ. Payne-Smith: 110Levy Ch-W: 1:211

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