𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulô. Cognate to Old English fola and Old High German folo, and related to Koine Greek πῶλος (pôlos), which it translates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.la/

Noun

𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰 • (fula) m

2. colt (young male equid)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 12.15:

     𐌽𐌹 𐍉𐌲𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃, 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 𐍃𐌹𐍉𐌽, 𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃.

     ni ōgs þus, dauhtar siōn, sai, þiudans þeins qimiþ sitands ana fulin asilaus.

     Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 19.35:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿.

     jah attauhun þana fulan iēsua jah uswairpandans wastjōs seinōs ana þana fulan ussatidēdun iēsu.

     And they brought him [the colt] to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. (KJV).

Declension

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰 fula	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 fulans
Vocative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰 fula	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 fulans
Accusative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 fulan	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 fulans
Genitive	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌹𐌽𐍃 fulins	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌴 fulanē
Dative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌹𐌽 fulin	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌼 fulam

Coordinate terms

• 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus, “donkey”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F102. *fula”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 130
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 39