๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ

Gothic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *attรด, from Proto-Indo-European *รกtta, whence also Old High German atto (Middle High German atte, Southern German ร„tti), archaic Dutch ette (โ€œjudgeโ€).

Noun edit

๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ โ€ข (atta)ย m

  1. father

Usage notes edit

Interestingly, this noun - which is more marginal in other Germanic languages - is by far the most common word for father in the attested Gothic texts. The synonym ๐†๐Œฐ๐Œณ๐Œฐ๐‚ (fadar) (the cognates of which dominate other Germanic languages) occurs only once in the entire corpus (versus several hundred occurrences of ๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ).

Declension edit

Masculine an-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative ๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ
atta
๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ
attans
Vocative ๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ
atta
๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ
attans
Accusative ๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฝ
attan
๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ
attans
Genitive ๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œน๐Œฝ๐ƒ
attins
๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐Œด
attanฤ“
Dative ๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œน๐Œฝ
attin
๐Œฐ๐„๐„๐Œฐ๐Œผ
attam

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