ሀገር

Ge'ez

Etymology

Compare Arabic هَجَرٌ (hajarun), Classical Syriac ܐܰܟܳܪܳܐ, Hebrew אִכָּר.

Noun

ሀገር • (hägär) ? (plural አህጉር)

1. cultivated field, inhabited land, province, country
2. countryside, hamlet, villa
3. town, city
4. farmer, inhabitant of a land, urban resident

Declension

Declension of ሀገር (hägär)

Number	State		Case
			nominative/genitive	accusative
singular	absolute		ሀገር (hägär)	ሀገረ (hägärä)
	construct		ሀገረ (hägärä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	ሀገርየ (hägäryä)
		2ms	ሀገርከ (hägärkä)	ሀገረከ (hägäräkä)
		2fs	ሀገርኪ (hägärki)	ሀገረኪ (hägäräki)
		3ms	ሀገሩ (hägäru)	ሀገሮ (hägäro)
		3fs	ሀገራ (hägära)
		1p	ሀገርነ (hägärnä)	ሀገረነ (hägäränä)
		2mp	ሀገርክሙ (hägärkəmu)	ሀገረክሙ (hägäräkmu)
		2fp	ሀገርክን (hägärkən)	ሀገረክን (hägäräkn)
		3mp	ሀገሮሙ (hägäromu)
		3fp	ሀገሮን (hägäron)
plural	absolute		አህጉር (ʾähgur)	አህጉረ (ʾähgurä)
	construct		አህጉረ (ʾähgurä)
	With possessive pronouns	1s	አህጉርየ (ʾähguryä)
		2ms	አህጉሪከ (ʾähgurikä)
		2fs	አህጉርኪ (ʾähgurki); አህጉሪኪ (ʾähguriki)
		3ms	አህጉሪሁ (ʾähgurihu)
		3fs	አህጉሪሃ (ʾähguriha)
		1p	አህጉሪነ (ʾähgurinä)
		2mp	አህጉሪክሙ (ʾähgurikmu)
		2fp	አህጉሪክን (ʾähgurikn)
		3mp	አህጉሪሆሙ (ʾähgurihomu)
		3fp	አህጉሪሆን (ʾähgurihon)

Related terms

• ሀገሪት (hägärit)
• ሀገራዊ (hägärawi)
• ሀገሪታዊ (hägäritawi)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሀገር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel