𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈdɔːkans/

Noun

𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 • (gadaukans) m pl

1. (plural only) household
   • 1 Corinthians 1:16:

     𐌹𐌺 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌾𐌰𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃; 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄 𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌿.

     ik daupida auk jaþ-þans staifanaus gadaukans; þata anþar ni wait ei ainnōhun daupidēdjau.

     And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. (KJV)

Declension

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 gadaukans
Vocative	—	𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 gadaukans
Accusative	—	𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 gadaukans
Genitive	—	𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴 gadaukanē
Dative	—	𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌼 gadaukam

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 41