𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

𐌰𐍄- (at-) +‎ 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witān, “to observe”) +‎ -𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (-ains)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈwitɛːns/

Noun

𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 • (atwitains) f

1. (hapax) observation (act of observing or being observed)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 17:20:

     𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌿𐌼: 𐍈𐌰𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃? 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍉𐍆 𐌹𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐌽𐌹 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹;

     fraihans þan fram fareisaium: ƕan qimiþ þiudangardi gudis? andhōf im jah qaþ: ni qimiþ þiudangardi gudis miþ atwitainai;

     And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: (KJV)

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 atwitains	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 atwitaineis
Vocative	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 atwitain	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 atwitaineis
Accusative	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 atwitain	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌽𐍃 atwitainins
Genitive	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃 atwitainais	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 atwitainē
Dative	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 atwitainai	𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌼 atwitainim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 13