𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hraiwą (“corpse, carcass”) +‎ *𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*dubō, “dove”, from *dūbǭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhrɛː.waˌduː.boː/, [ˈhrɛː.waˌduː.βoː]

Noun

𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 • (hraiwadūbō) f

2. (hapax) turtledove
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 2.24:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌴𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍉 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌺𐌴.

     jah ei gēbeina fram imma hunsl, swaswē qiþan ist in witōda fraujins, gajuk hraiwadubōnō aiþþau twōs juggōns ahakē.

     And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. (KJV).

Declension

Feminine ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 hraiwadūbō	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 hraiwadūbōns
Vocative	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 hraiwadūbō	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 hraiwadūbōns
Accusative	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 hraiwadūbōn	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 hraiwadūbōns
Genitive	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 hraiwadūbōns	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍉 hraiwadūbōnō
Dative	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 hraiwadūbōn	𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌼 hraiwadūbōm

Hypernyms

• 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls, “bird”)

Coordinate terms

• 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌺𐍃 (ahaks, “pigeon, dove”)
• 𐌰𐍂𐌰 (ara, “eagle”)
• 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “rooster”)
• 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa, “sparrow”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “H93. hraiwa-dubo”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 190
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 60