n g š
15 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.27.25
Themes:something·2serving·2
POS shape:noun·9verb·5adj·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*n-g-šProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎐𐎂𐎌𐎐 𐎂 𐎌— to chase, pursue
Canaanite
Hebrewמַגָּשׁנ ג שׁ— tray
Arabic
Arabicنَجَاشِيّن ج ش— negus, king of Ethiopia
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩬𐩴𐩦𐩬 𐩴 𐩦— oppress
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezመንግሥትנ ג ש— kingdom
Amharicንጉሦችנ ג ש— plural of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
Tigrinyaንግሥቲנ ג ש— queen
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- to chase, pursue
Old South Arabian
irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma- oppress
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- tray
- access
- To submit (something), to hand (something) in.
▸ 1 derivation
- relatedניגשnigásh
- Presentation, serving: the action of presenting or serving.Action noun of the verb הִגִּישׁ (higísh), from the root נ־ג־שׁ (n-g-sh).
- accessible
- To approach, come up to.From the root נ־ג־שׁ
- to collide
- accessibility
Arabic
ar · 1 lemma- negus, king of EthiopiaEtymology tree
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- kingdom
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- plural of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
- plural of ንግሥት (nəgəśt)
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- queen