𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹

Gothic

Gothic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai)     Ordinal: 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar)     Adverbial: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼 (twaim sinþam)     Distributive: 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai)     Collective: 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai)     Fractional: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twīhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate to English twin and Old Norse tvinnr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwiːhnɛː/

Numeral

𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 • (tweihnai)

1. a pair (collective number)
   • Gothic Bible, Mark 7:31:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐍆 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐍉𐌼 𐍄𐍅𐍂𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌴 𐌵𐌰𐌼 𐌰𐍄 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌴 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐍉𐌼 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍉𐍃.

     jah aftra galeiþands af markōm twrē jah seidōnē qam at marein galeilaiē miþ tweihnaim markōm daikapaulaiōs.

     And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

2. two each (distributive number)
   • Gothic Bible, Luke 9:3:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼: 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌲; 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐍉𐍃 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽.

     jah qaþ du im: ni waiht nimaiþ in wig; nih waluns nih matibalg nih hlaib nih skattans, nih þan tweihnōs paidōs haban.

     And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.

Declension

Only the feminine accusative and dative are attested, but it appears to have declined similarly to 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai).

Declension of 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai) (irregular)

gender	masculine	feminine	neuter
case	plural	plural	plural
nominative	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐍉𐍃 (tweihnōs)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰 (tweihna)
accusative	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 (tweihnans)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐍉𐍃 (tweihnōs)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰 (tweihna)
genitive	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴 (tweihnaddjē)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐍉 (tweihnaddjō)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴 (tweihnaddjē)
dative	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 (tweihnaim)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 (tweihnaim)	𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 (tweihnaim)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 143