hireg

Volapük

Etymology

hi- +‎ reg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hi.ˈɾeɡ]

Noun

hireg (nominative plural hiregs)

1. king
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Ven nu Yesus pimotom, tö ‚Bethlehem’ in Yudän timü hireg: ‚Herodes’, ekö! sapans anik se lofüdän äkömoms ini ‚Hierusalem’.

     After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east.

Declension

declension of hireg

	singular	plural
nominative	hireg	hiregs
genitive	hirega	hiregas
dative	hirege	hireges
accusative	hiregi	hiregis
vocative 1	o hireg!	o hiregs!
predicative 2	hiregu	hiregus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• jireg
• reg
• regil