𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

𐌲𐌰- (ga-) +‎ 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (digan) +‎ -𐌹𐍃 (-is)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈdiɡis/, [ɡaˈdiɣis]

Noun

𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 • (gadigis) n

1. (hapax) the thing formed
   • Romans 9:20b:

     𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽: 𐍈𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌴𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌰?

     ibai qiþiþ gadigis du þamma digandin: ƕa mik gatawidēs swa?

     Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Declension

The declension class cannot be determined from the sole attestation. Neither can the gender, but the semantics make neuter highly likely.

Further reading

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