๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐
Gothic
editEtymology
editUncertain. Probably from Proto-Germanic *kalkjวญ (โwhoreโ). Perhaps borrowed from Latin calx (โlimeโ) and remodeled after the genitive calcis, as Heinertz explains โ[...] slaves for sale had their feet covered with lime or chalk. โ Terms for โwhoreโ may be taken from โslave, captive in warโโ, which is reinforced by Lehmann.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐ โข (kalkjล)ย f
- (hapax) whore, harlot
- 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 15:30:
- ๐น๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ ๐ธ๐ด๐น๐ฝ๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐น ๐๐๐ด๐ ๐ธ๐ด๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ผ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ผ, ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฐ ๐๐๐น๐ฟ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ป๐น๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฝ
- iรพ รพan sa sunus รพeins, saei frฤt รพein swฤs miรพ kalkjลm, qam, ufsnaist imma stiur รพana alidan
- But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. (KJV)
- 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 15:30:
Declension
editAttested only in the dative plural, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ผ (kalkjลm). The lemma form is technically speaking ambiguous, as a dative plural kalkjลm could point to either a nominative singular kalkjล or kalki (compare ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ณ๐น (bandi)). Dictionaries (Lehmann, Kรถbler; see references) however typically lemmatize at kalkjล.
Feminine ลn-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | ๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐ kalkjล |
๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐ kalkjลns |
Vocative | ๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐ kalkjล |
๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐ kalkjลns |
Accusative | ๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ฝ kalkjลn |
๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐ kalkjลns |
Genitive | ๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐ kalkjลns |
๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐ kalkjลnล |
Dative | ๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ฝ kalkjลn |
๐บ๐ฐ๐ป๐บ๐พ๐๐ผ kalkjลm |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Kรถbler, Gerhard, Gotisches Wรถrterbuch (4th edition 2014)
- Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feistโs dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 214โ215