ንጉሥ

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Amharic[edit]

ንጉሥ(2)።

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś). Akin to Tigrinya ንጉስ (nəgus).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɨɡus/
  • Hyphenation: ን‧ጉሥ

Noun[edit]

ንጉሥ (nəguśm (plural ንጉሦች (nəguśočč) or ነገሥት (nägäst) or ነገሥታት (nägästat))

  1. king, negus
  2. (chess) king

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: negus
  • French: négus
  • German: Negus
  • Italian: negus
  • Polish: negus
  • Sidamo: nugusa

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, rule).

Noun[edit]

ንጉሥ (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት/ነገሥታት)

  1. king
  2. duke, prince, prefect, satrap, tyrant, emperor

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Tigrinya[edit]

Noun[edit]

ንጉሥ (nəguś)

  1. Ethiopia spelling of ንጉስ (nəgus)