ንጉሥ
Amharic edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś). Akin to Tigrinya ንጉስ (nəgus).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ንጉሥ • (nəguś) m (plural ንጉሦች (nəguśočč) or ነገሥት (nägäst) or ነገሥታት (nägästat))
Declension edit
Definiteness forms of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
Possessive forms of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
Coordinate terms edit
- ንግሥት (nəgəśt, “queen”)
Derived terms edit
- ንግሥት (nəgəśt)
Descendants edit
References edit
Ge'ez edit
Etymology edit
From the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”).
Noun edit
ንጉሥ • (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት/ነገሥታት)
Declension edit
Declension of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
Number | State | Case | ||
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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 edit
References edit
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ንጉሥ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
Tigrinya edit
Noun edit
ንጉሥ • (nəguś)
- Ethiopia spelling of ንጉስ (nəgus)