๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ

Gothic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mฤ“nรดย m, from Proto-Indo-European *mแธ—hโ‚nฬฅs. Cognate to Crimean Gothic mine, Old English mลnaย m and Old Norse mรกniย m.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ โ€ข (mฤ“na)ย ?

  1. (hapax) the Moon (sole natural satellite of the Earth)
    • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 13.24:[1]
      ๐Œฐ๐Œบ๐Œด๐Œน ๐Œน๐Œฝ ๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ ๐Œณ๐Œฐ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ ๐Œฐ๐†๐Œฐ๐‚ ๐Œธ๐‰ ๐Œฐ๐Œฒ๐Œป๐‰๐Œฝ ๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œฝ๐Œฐ ๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œน๐Œป ๐‚๐Œน๐Œต๐Œน๐Œถ๐Œด๐Œน๐Œธ ๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œท ๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ ๐Œฝ๐Œน ๐Œฒ๐Œน๐Œฑ๐Œน๐Œธ ๐Œป๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œท๐Œฐ๐Œธ ๐ƒ๐Œด๐Œน๐Œฝ.
      akei in jainans dagans afar รพล aglลn jaina sauil riqizeiรพ jah mฤ“na ni gibiรพ liuhaรพ sein.
      But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, (KJV).

Declension

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Only attested in the nominative singular, which theoretically makes a masculine an-stem and feminine ล-stem equally likely possibilities. A masculine an-stem is nigh-universally assumed, based on the word's Germanic cognates.

Masculine an-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative ๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ
mฤ“na
๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ
mฤ“nans
Vocative ๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ
mฤ“na
๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ
mฤ“nans
Accusative ๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ
mฤ“nan
๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐ƒ
mฤ“nans
Genitive ๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œฝ๐ƒ
mฤ“nins
๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐Œด
mฤ“nanฤ“
Dative ๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œฝ
mฤ“nin
๐Œผ๐Œด๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œผ
mฤ“nam

Coordinate terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mark chapter 13 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

Further reading

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  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wรถrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterโ€™s Universitรคtsbuchhandlung, p.ย 94