𐌰𐌶𐍅𐌼𐌿𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos, “unleavened (bread)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈazymus/

Noun

𐌰𐌶𐍅𐌼𐌿𐍃 • (azwmus) m

1. (hapax) unleavened bread

   Synonym: 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 (unbeistei)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 14:12:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐌰𐌶𐍅𐌼𐌴, 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽, 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃: 𐍈𐌰𐍂 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰?

     jah þamma frumistin daga azwmē, þan paska salidēdun, qēþun du imma þai sipōnjōs is: ƕar wileis ei galeiþandans manwjaima, ei matjais paska?

     And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? (KJV)

Declension

Loanword; irregular/mixed declension
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐌶𐍅𐌼𐌿𐍃 azwmus	—
Vocative	—	—
Accusative	—	—
Genitive	—	𐌰𐌶𐍅𐌼𐌴 azwmē
Dative	—	—

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 15