𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (niun hunda)

Etymology

Literally “nine hundreds”. Compare Old English nigon hund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniu̯n ˈhun.da/

Noun

𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 • (niun hunda) n pl

2. (hapax) nine hundred (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Book of Nehemiah (Codex Ambrosianus D) 7.39:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌿𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌹𐍃 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 ·𐌿· ·𐌲· (973) . —

     jah gudjans: sunjus aidduins us garda iēsuis niun hunda ·u· ·g· (973) . —

     The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (KJV)

Usage notes

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “nine hundreds”; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

Related terms

• 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun, “nine”)
• 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund, “hundred”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “N25. niun”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 268–269
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 103