𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (saihs tigjus)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz and cognate to Old Norse sex tigir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛhs ˈtiɡ.jus/, [ˈsɛhs ˈtiɣ.jus]

Noun

𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 • (saihs tigjus) m pl

2. (hapax) sixty (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: First Epistle to Timothy (Codex Ambrosianus A) 5.9:

     𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌼 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴, 𐍃𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃,

     widuwō gawaljaidau ni mins saihs tigum jērē, sei wēsi ainis abins qēns,

     Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man. (KJV)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs, “six”)
• 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “decade”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “S7. saihs”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 290–291
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 114