# ሕግ
## Amharic
### Alternative forms

* ህግ (həgg)

### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognates include Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg) and Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɨɡː/
* Hyphenation: ሕግ

### Noun

ሕግ • (ḥəgg) m (plural ሕገጋት (ḥəggägat) or ሕግጋት (ḥəggəgat) or ሕግጋቶች (ḥəggəgatočč))
* law
* rule
* virginity

#### 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.
* 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

| Number | State | State | Case | Case |
| Number | State | State | nominative/genitive | accusative |
| singular | absolute | absolute | ሕግ (ḥəg) | ሕገ (ḥəgä) |
| singular | construct | construct | ሕገ (ḥəgä) | ሕገ (ḥəgä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ሕግየ (ḥəgyä) | ሕግየ (ḥəgyä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ሕግከ (ḥəgkä) | ሕገከ (ḥəgäkä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ሕግኪ (ḥəgki) | ሕገኪ (ḥəgäki) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ሕጉ (ḥəgu) | ሕጎ (ḥəgo) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ሕጋ (ḥəga) | ሕጋ (ḥəga) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ሕግነ (ḥəgnä) | ሕገነ (ḥəgänä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ሕግክሙ (ḥəgkəmu) | ሕገክሙ (ḥəgäkmu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ሕግክን (ḥəgkən) | ሕገክን (ḥəgäkn) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ሕጎሙ (ḥəgomu) | ሕጎሙ (ḥəgomu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ሕጎን (ḥəgon) | ሕጎን (ḥəgon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | ሕገግ (ḥəgäg) | ሕገገ (ḥəgägä) |
| plural | construct | construct | ሕገገ (ḥəgägä) | ሕገገ (ḥəgägä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ሕገግየ (ḥəgägyä) | ሕገግየ (ḥəgägyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ሕገጊከ (ḥəgägikä) | ሕገጊከ (ḥəgägikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ሕገግኪ (ḥəgägki); ሕገጊኪ (ḥəgägiki) | ሕገግኪ (ḥəgägki); ሕገጊኪ (ḥəgägiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ሕገጊሁ (ḥəgägihu) | ሕገጊሁ (ḥəgägihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ሕገጊሃ (ḥəgägiha) | ሕገጊሃ (ḥəgägiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ሕገጊነ (ḥəgäginä) | ሕገጊነ (ḥəgäginä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ሕገጊክሙ (ḥəgägikmu) | ሕገጊክሙ (ḥəgägikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ሕገጊክን (ḥəgägikn) | ሕገጊክን (ḥəgägikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ሕገጊሆሙ (ḥəgägihomu) | ሕገጊሆሙ (ḥəgägihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ሕገጊሆን (ḥəgägihon) | ሕገጊሆን (ḥəgägihon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | ሕገጋት (ḥəgägat) | ሕገጋተ (ḥəgägatä) |
| plural | construct | construct | ሕገጋተ (ḥəgägatä) | ሕገጋተ (ḥəgägatä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ሕገጋትየ (ḥəgägatyä) | ሕገጋትየ (ḥəgägatyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ሕገጋቲከ (ḥəgägatikä) | ሕገጋቲከ (ḥəgägatikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ሕገጋትኪ (ḥəgägatki); ሕገጋቲኪ (ḥəgägatiki) | ሕገጋትኪ (ḥəgägatki); ሕገጋቲኪ (ḥəgägatiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ሕገጋቲሁ (ḥəgägatihu) | ሕገጋቲሁ (ḥəgägatihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ሕገጋቲሃ (ḥəgägatiha) | ሕገጋቲሃ (ḥəgägatiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ሕገጋቲነ (ḥəgägatinä) | ሕገጋቲነ (ḥəgägatinä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ሕገጋቲክሙ (ḥəgägatikmu) | ሕገጋቲክሙ (ḥəgägatikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ሕገጋቲክን (ḥəgägatikn) | ሕገጋቲክን (ḥəgägatikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ሕገጋቲሆሙ (ḥəgägatihomu) | ሕገጋቲሆሙ (ḥəgägatihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ሕገጋቲሆን (ḥəgägatihon) | ሕገጋቲሆን (ḥəgägatihon) |

### References

* Dillmann, August (1865) “ሕግ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 131-132