ሕግ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ህግ (həgg)
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognates include Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg) and Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɨɡː/
- Hyphenation: ሕግ
Noun
ሕግ • (ḥəgg) m (plural ሕገጋት (ḥəggägat) or ሕግጋት (ḥəggəgat) or ሕግጋቶች (ḥəggəgatočč))
Declension
Definiteness forms of ሕግ (ḥəgg)
Masculine | |
---|---|
Indefinite | ሕግ (ḥəgg) |
Definite subject | ሕጉ (ḥəggu) |
Definite object | ሕጉን (ḥəggun) |
General object | ሕግን (ḥəggən) |
Possessive forms of ሕግ (ḥəgg)
Singular | Plural | Formal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First person | ሕጌ (ḥəgge) | ሕጋችን (ḥəggaččən) | — | |
Second person | m | ሕግህ (ḥəggəh) | ሕጋችሁ (ḥəggaččəhu) | ሕግዎ (ḥəggwo) |
f | ሕግሽ (ḥəggəš) | |||
Third person | m | ሕጉ (ḥəggu) | ሕጋቸው (ḥəggaččäw) | |
f | ሕጓ (ḥəggʷa) |
Descendants
- → Sidamo: higge
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕግ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Ge'ez
Noun
ሕግ • (ḥəg) m or f (plural ሕገግ (ḥəgäg) or ሕገጋት (ḥəgägat))
- law
- any divine command or mandate
- Numbers 9:23
- እስመ ፡ በትእዛዘ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይግዕዙ ፡ ወሕገጊሁ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ የዐቅቡ ፡ በትእዛዘ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወበእዴሁ ፡ ለሙሴ ።
- ʾəsmä bätʾəzazä ʾəgziʾäbḥer yəgʿəzu wäḥgägihu läʾgəziʾäbḥer yäʿäḳbu bätʾəzazä ʾəgziʾäbḥer wäbäʾdehu lämuse .
- At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.
- Numbers 9:23
- covenant
- Genesis 17:7
- ወእሠይም ፡ ኪዳንየ ፡ ማእከሌየ ፡ ወማእከሌከ ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ዘርእከ ፡ እምድኅሬከ ፡ በመዋዕሊሆሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይኩንከ ፡ ሕገ ፡ ዘለዓለም ፡ ከመ ፡ አነ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ አምላክ ።
- wäʾśäym kidanyä maʾkäleyä wämaʾkälekä wämaʾkälä zärʾəkä ʾəmdəḫrekä bämäwaʿlihomu kämä yəkunkä ḥəgä zäläʿaläm kämä ʾänä wəʾtu ʾämlak .
- I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Genesis 17:7
Declension
Number | State | Case | ||
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nominative/genitive | accusative | |||
singular | absolute | ሕግ (ḥəg) | ሕገ (ḥəgä) | |
construct | ሕገ (ḥəgä) | |||
With possessive pronouns | 1s | ሕግየ (ḥəgyä) | ||
2ms | ሕግከ (ḥəgkä) | ሕገከ (ḥəgäkä) | ||
2fs | ሕግኪ (ḥəgki) | ሕገኪ (ḥəgäki) | ||
3ms | ሕጉ (ḥəgu) | ሕጎ (ḥəgo) | ||
3fs | ሕጋ (ḥəga) | |||
1p | ሕግነ (ḥəgnä) | ሕገነ (ḥəgänä) | ||
2mp | ሕግክሙ (ḥəgkəmu) | ሕገክሙ (ḥəgäkmu) | ||
2fp | ሕግክን (ḥəgkən) | ሕገክን (ḥəgäkn) | ||
3mp | ሕጎሙ (ḥəgomu) | |||
3fp | ሕጎን (ḥəgon) | |||
plural | absolute | ሕገግ (ḥəgäg) | ሕገገ (ḥəgägä) | |
construct | ሕገገ (ḥəgägä) | |||
With possessive pronouns | 1s | ሕገግየ (ḥəgägyä) | ||
2ms | ሕገጊከ (ḥəgägikä) | |||
2fs | ሕገግኪ (ḥəgägki); ሕገጊኪ (ḥəgägiki) | |||
3ms | ሕገጊሁ (ḥəgägihu) | |||
3fs | ሕገጊሃ (ḥəgägiha) | |||
1p | ሕገጊነ (ḥəgäginä) | |||
2mp | ሕገጊክሙ (ḥəgägikmu) | |||
2fp | ሕገጊክን (ḥəgägikn) | |||
3mp | ሕገጊሆሙ (ḥəgägihomu) | |||
3fp | ሕገጊሆን (ḥəgägihon) | |||
plural | absolute | ሕገጋት (ḥəgägat) | ሕገጋተ (ḥəgägatä) | |
construct | ሕገጋተ (ḥəgägatä) | |||
With possessive pronouns | 1s | ሕገጋትየ (ḥəgägatyä) | ||
2ms | ሕገጋቲከ (ḥəgägatikä) | |||
2fs | ሕገጋትኪ (ḥəgägatki); ሕገጋቲኪ (ḥəgägatiki) | |||
3ms | ሕገጋቲሁ (ḥəgägatihu) | |||
3fs | ሕገጋቲሃ (ḥəgägatiha) | |||
1p | ሕገጋቲነ (ḥəgägatinä) | |||
2mp | ሕገጋቲክሙ (ḥəgägatikmu) | |||
2fp | ሕገጋቲክን (ḥəgägatikn) | |||
3mp | ሕገጋቲሆሙ (ḥəgägatihomu) | |||
3fp | ሕገጋቲሆን (ḥəgägatihon) |
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ሕግ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 131-132
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