ነገሰ

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic. Compare Ge'ez ነግሠ (nägśä), Tigre ነግሳ (nägsa), Tigrinya ነገሰ (nägäsä)

Verb

ነገሰ • (näggäsä)

1. to reign

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic. Compare Ge'ez ነግሠ (nägśä), Tigre ነግሳ (nägsa), Amharic ነገሰ (näggäsä)

Verb

ነገሰ • (nägäsä)

1. to become king, to rule

Derived terms

• ንጉስ (nəgus, “king”)
• ንግስቲ (nəgəsti, “queen”)
• ንግስና (nəgsəna)
• ንግስነት (nəgsənät, “kingdom, monarchy”)
• መንግስቲ (mängəsti, “government”)
• ንጉሳዊ (nəgusawi, “monarchic, royal”)

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 393