๐ฒ๐๐น๐ฝ๐ณ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐พ๐น๐
Gothic
editEtymology
editFrom the root of Proto-Germanic *grindanฤ (โto grindโ) (apparently in the sense of โcrushedโ) + ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐น (fraรพi, โmindโ). Likely a calque of Ancient Greek แฝฮปฮนฮณฯฯฯ ฯฮฟฯ (oligรณpsukhos), which it translates.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit๐ฒ๐๐น๐ฝ๐ณ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐พ๐น๐ โข (grindafraรพjis)
- (hapax) faint-hearted, timid, demoralized
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14:
- ๐ฑ๐น๐ณ๐พ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ-๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ ๐น๐ถ๐ ๐น๐, ๐ฑ๐๐๐ธ๐๐พ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐ฐ๐น๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฝ๐, ๐ธ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐พ๐ฐ๐น๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐น๐ฝ๐ณ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฟ๐๐ธ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐น๐ฟ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐น๐๐ฝ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น ๐๐น๐พ๐ฐ๐น๐ธ ๐ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ป๐ฐ๐ฝ๐.
- bidjamuรพ-รพan izwis, brลรพrjus, talzjaiรพ รพans ungatassans, รพrafstjaiรพ รพans grindafraรพjans, usรพulaiรพ รพans siukans, usbeisneigai sijaiรพ wiรพra allans.
- Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all men. (NKJV)
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14:
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wรถrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterโs Universitรคtsbuchhandlung, p.ย 51