ነግሠ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic. Compare Tigrinya ነገሰ (nägäsä), Tigre ነግሳ (nägsa), Amharic ነገሰ (näggäsä).

Verb

ነግሠ • (nägśä) (present ይንግሥ (yəngəś))

1. to rule, reign
2. to become king, ruler

Derived terms

• አንገሠ (ʾängäśä)
• ንጉሥ (nəguś)
• ንግሥት (nəgəśt)
• ንግሥ (nəgś)
• ነጋሢ (nägaśi)
• ንጉሣዊ (nəguśawi)
• መንግሥት (mängəśt)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 392