𐍃𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌿𐌷

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐍃𐌰 (sa) +‎ 𐍈𐌰𐍃 (ƕas) +‎ -𐌿𐌷 (-uh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʍazuh/

Pronoun

𐍃𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌿𐌷 • (saƕazuh)

1. whoever, whosoever (followed by 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 (saei) or 𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 (izei))
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 10:32:

     𐍃𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐌽𐌿 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴, 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐍃𐍄.

     saƕazuh nu saei andhaitiþ mis in andwairþja mannē, andhaita jah ik imma in andwairþja attins meinis saei in himinam ist.

     Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, John 16:2:

     𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐌹𐌼 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃; 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃, 𐌸𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰.

     us gaqumþim dreiband izwis; akei qimiþ ƕeila, ei saƕazuh izei usqimiþ izwis, þuggkeiþ hunsla saljan guda.

     They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. (KJV)

Related terms

• 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌷 (þataƕah, “whatever”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 113