négus

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See also: negus, Negus, and neĝus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, king).

Pronunciation

Noun

négus m (plural négus)

  1. (historical) Negus (supreme Ethiopian ruler)

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Negus, from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, king).

Pronunciation

Noun

négus (plural négusok)

  1. (historical) Negus, title of the ruler of Ethiopia.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative négus négusok
accusative négust négusokat
dative négusnak négusoknak
instrumental négussal négusokkal
causal-final négusért négusokért
translative négussá négusokká
terminative négusig négusokig
essive-formal négusként négusokként
essive-modal
inessive négusban négusokban
superessive néguson négusokon
adessive négusnál négusoknál
illative négusba négusokba
sublative négusra négusokra
allative négushoz négusokhoz
elative négusból négusokból
delative négusról négusokról
ablative négustól négusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
négusé négusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
néguséi négusokéi
Possessive forms of négus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. négusom négusaim
2nd person sing. négusod négusaid
3rd person sing. négusa négusai
1st person plural négusunk négusaink
2nd person plural négusotok négusaitok
3rd person plural négusuk négusaik

Further reading

  • négus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN