እግር
Amharic
እግር(1)።
እግር(2)።
Etymology
Common Ethiopian Semitic metathesis from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨɡɨɾ/
- Hyphenation: እ‧ግር
Audio: (file)
Noun
እግር • (ʾəgər) m
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | እግር (ʾəgər) |
| definite subject | እግሩ (ʾəgəru) |
| definite object | እግሩን (ʾəgərun) |
| general object | እግርን (ʾəgərən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | እግሬ (ʾəgəre) | እግራችን (ʾəgəraččən) | — | |
| second person | m | እግርህ (ʾəgərəh) | እግራችሁ (ʾəgəraččəhu) | እግርዎ (ʾəgərwo) |
| f | እግርሽ (ʾəgərəš) | |||
| third person | m | እግሩ (ʾəgəru) | እግራቸው (ʾəgəraččäw) | |
| f | እግሯ (ʾəgərʷa) | |||
Coordinate terms
- (leg, foot): እጅ (ʾəǧǧ, “arm, hand”)
Derived terms
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እግር”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Ge'ez
Etymology
Metathesized from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.
Noun
እግር • (ʾəgr) f or m (plural እገር (ʾəgär), and አእጋር (ʾäʾgar))
Related terms
- አጋር (ʾägar)
- አጋራዊ (ʾägarawi)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865) “እግር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 804
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 11b
Tigre
Etymology
Metathesized from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.
Noun
እግር • (ʾəgər) f (plural እገር (ʾəgär), and አጋር (ʾägar))
References
- Munzinger, Werner (1865) “እግር”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel[1][2], page 46
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “እግር”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)[3], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 386b
- Raz, Shlomo (1983) Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 21