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))

1. law
2. rule
3. virginity

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))

1. law
2. 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.

3. 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.

Declension

Declension of ሕግ (ḥəg)

Number	State		Case
			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