እግር

Amharic

እግር(1)።

እግር(2)።

እግር(3)።

Etymology

Common Ethiopian Semitic metathesis from Proto-Semitic *rigl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨɡɨɾ/
• Hyphenation: እ‧ግር

• Audio:

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Noun

እግር • (ʾəgər) m

1. leg, foot
2. stem, stalk
3. wheel (of a vehicle)

Declension

Definiteness forms of እግር (ʾəgər)

	Masculine
Indefinite	እግር (ʾəgər)
Definite subject	እግሩ (ʾəgəru)
Definite object	እግሩን (ʾəgərun)
General object	እግርን (ʾəgərən)

Possessive forms of እግር (ʾəgər)

		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

• አምሳ፡እግር (ʾamsa ʾəgər)
• እግረኛ (ʾəgräñña)

 

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))

1. (anatomy) foot
2. foot (the measurement)
3. ray of sunshine
4. prow

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))

1. foot

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