ንጉሥ

Amharic

ንጉሥ(2)።

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ንጉሥ • (nəguś) m (plural ንጉሦች (nəguśočč) or ነገሥት (nägäst) or ነገሥታት (nägästat))

1. king, negus
2. (chess) king

Declension

Definiteness forms of ንጉሥ (nəguś)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ንጉሥ (nəguś)
Definite subject	ንጉሡ (nəguśu)
Definite object	ንጉሡን (nəguśun)
General object	ንጉሥን (nəguśən)

Possessive forms of ንጉሥ (nəguś)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ንጉሤ (nəguśe)	ንጉሣችን (nəguśaččən)	—
Second person	m	ንጉሥህ (nəguśəh)	ንጉሣችሁ (nəguśaččəhu)	ንጉሥዎ (nəguśwo)
	f	ንጉሥሽ (nəguśəš)
Third person	m	ንጉሡ (nəguśu)	ንጉሣቸው (nəguśaččäw)
	f	ንጉሧ (nəguśʷa)

Coordinate terms

• ንግሥት (nəgəśt, “queen”)

Derived terms

• ንግሥት (nəgəśt)

Descendants

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

References

• 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

Etymology

From the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ንጉሥ • (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት (nägäśt) or ነገሥታት (nägäśtat))

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

Declension

Declension of ንጉሥ (nəguś)

Number	State		Case
			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

• → Amharic: ንጉሥ (nəguś)
• → Tigrinya: ንጉስ (nəgus), ንጉሥ (nəguś)

References

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

Tigrinya

Noun

ንጉሥ • (nəguś)

1. Ethiopia spelling of ንጉስ (nəgus)