๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐Œธ๐Œฐ

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maรพรด.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /หˆma.ฮธa/

Noun

๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐Œธ๐Œฐ โ€ข (maรพa) ?

  1. maggot (larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
    • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 9.44 & 46:[1]
      ๐Œธ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐Œธ๐Œฐ ๐Œน๐Œถ๐Œด ๐Œฝ๐Œน ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐ƒ๐…๐Œน๐Œป๐„๐Œน๐Œธ ๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œท ๐†๐‰๐Œฝ ๐Œฝ๐Œน ๐Œฐ๐†๐ˆ๐Œฐ๐€๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œธ.
      รพarei maรพa izฤ“ ni gaswiltiรพ jah fลn ni afฦ•apniรพ.
      Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (KJV).
    • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 9.48:[2]
      ๐Œธ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐Œธ๐Œฐ ๐Œน๐Œถ๐Œด ๐Œฝ๐Œน ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐Œณ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œธ๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œธ ๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œท ๐†๐‰๐Œฝ ๐Œฝ๐Œน ๐Œฐ๐†๐ˆ๐Œฐ๐€๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œธ.
      รพarei maรพa izฤ“ ni gadauรพniรพ jah fลn ni afฦ•apniรพ.
      Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (KJV).

Declension

The word is only attested in the nominative singular, which is not enough to determine whether it is a masculine an-stem or feminine ล-stem. Most dictionaries reconstruct a masculine an-stem based on the word's Germanic cognates.

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References

  1. Mark chapter 9 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
  2. Mark chapter 9 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wรถrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterโ€™s Universitรคtsbuchhandlung, p. 92

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