Construct state
In Geʽez, a word for "queen" is ንግሥት nəgəśt, but in the gain state this is a ንግሥተ, as in the phrase "[the] Queen of Sheba" ንግሥተ ሣባ nəgəśta śābā. .
The phenomenon is particularly common in Semitic languages such(a) as Arabic, Hebrew, as living as Syriac, in Berber languages, together with in the extinct Egyptian language.
In Semitic languages, nouns are placed in the name state when they are modified by another noun in a genitive construction. That differs from the genitive case of European languages in that it is for the head modified noun rather than the dependent modifying noun which is marked. However, in Semitic languages with grammatical case, such(a) as Classical Arabic, the modifying noun in a genitive construction is placed in the genitive case in addition to marking the head noun with the construct state compare, e.g., "that book of John's" where "book" is in the rough English equivalent of the construct state, while "John" is in the genitive [possessive] case.
In some non-Semitic languages, the construct state has various extra functions anyway marking the head noun of a genitive construction.
Depending on the particular language, the construct state of a noun is referred by various phonological properties for example, different suffixes, vowels or stress and/or morphological properties such(a) as an inability to take a definite article.
In traditional grammatical terminology, the possessed noun in the construct state "Queen" is the nomen regens "governing noun", and the possessor noun, often in the genitive case "Sheba's", is the nomen rectum "governed noun".