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

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

References

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

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