ንጉሥ
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ንጉሥ(2)።
Amharic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś). Akin to Tigrinya ንጉስ (nəgus).
Pronunciation
Noun
ንጉሥ • (nəguś) m (plural ንጉሦች (nəguśočč) or ነገሥት (nägäst) or ነገሥታት (nägästat))
Declension
Definiteness forms of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
Possessive forms of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
Coordinate terms
- ንግሥት (nəgəśt, “queen”)
Derived terms
- ንግሥት (nəgəśt)
Descendants
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ንጉሥ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 7
Ge'ez
Etymology
From the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”).
Noun
ንጉሥ • (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት/ነገሥታት)
Declension
Declension of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
| Number | State | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative/genitive | accusative | |||
| singular | absolute | ንጉሥ (nəguś) | ንጉሠ (nəguśä) | |
| construct | ንጉሠ (nəguśä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | ንጉሥየ (nəguśyä) | ||
| 2ms | ንጉሥከ (nəguśkä) | ንጉሠከ (nəguśäkä) | ||
| 2fs | ንጉሥኪ (nəguśki) | ንጉሠኪ (nəguśäki) | ||
| 3ms | ንጉሡ (nəguśu) | ንጉሦ (nəguśo) | ||
| 3fs | ንጉሣ (nəguśa) | |||
| 1p | ንጉሥነ (nəguśnä) | ንጉሠነ (nəguśänä) | ||
| 2mp | ንጉሥክሙ (nəguśkəmu) | ንጉሠክሙ (nəguśäkmu) | ||
| 2fp | ንጉሥክን (nəguśkən) | ንጉሠክን (nəguśäkn) | ||
| 3mp | ንጉሦሙ (nəguśomu) | |||
| 3fp | ንጉሦን (nəguśon) | |||
| plural | absolute | ነገሥት (nägäśt) | ነገሥተ (nägäśtä) | |
| construct | ነገሥተ (nägäśtä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | ነገሥትየ (nägäśtəyä) | ||
| 2ms | ነገሥቲከ (nägäśtikä) | |||
| 2fs | ነገሥትኪ (nägäśtəki); ነገሥቲኪ (nägäśtiki) | |||
| 3ms | ነገሥቲሁ (nägäśtihu) | |||
| 3fs | ነገሥቲሃ (nägäśtiha) | |||
| 1p | ነገሥቲነ (nägäśtinä) | |||
| 2mp | ነገሥቲክሙ (nägäśtikmu) | |||
| 2fp | ነገሥቲክን (nägäśtikn) | |||
| 3mp | ነገሥቲሆሙ (nägäśtihomu) | |||
| 3fp | ነገሥቲሆን (nägäśtihon) | |||
| plural | absolute | ነገሥታት (nägäśtat) | ነገሥታተ (nägäśtatä) | |
| construct | ነገሥታተ (nägäśtatä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | ነገሥታትየ (nägäśtatyä) | ||
| 2ms | ነገሥታቲከ (nägäśtatikä) | |||
| 2fs | ነገሥታትኪ (nägäśtatki); ነገሥታቲኪ (nägäśtatiki) | |||
| 3ms | ነገሥታቲሁ (nägäśtatihu) | |||
| 3fs | ነገሥታቲሃ (nägäśtatiha) | |||
| 1p | ነገሥታቲነ (nägäśtatinä) | |||
| 2mp | ነገሥታቲክሙ (nägäśtatikmu) | |||
| 2fp | ነገሥታቲክን (nägäśtatikn) | |||
| 3mp | ነገሥታቲሆሙ (nägäśtatihomu) | |||
| 3fp | ነገሥታቲሆን (nägäśtatihon) | |||
Descendants
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ንጉሥ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
Tigrinya
Noun
ንጉሥ • (nəguś)
- Ethiopia spelling of ንጉስ (nəgus)