𐌰𐌱𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abΓ΄.

Noun

𐌰𐌱𐌰 β€’ (aba) m

  1. man; husband
    • 6th c.: Ulfilas (tr.), Luke 1:34 (Codex Argenteus, f. 126v.)
      ... 𐌡𐌰𐌸 / πŒΈπŒ°πŒ½πŒΌπŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒ°πŒΌπŒΈπŒ°πŒΌπŒΌπŒ°πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒ°πŒΏ. / πˆπŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πƒπŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒΉπŒΈπŒ°π„πŒ°πŒΈπŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½πŒ½πŒΉ / 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽 ...
      QaΓΎ / ΓΎan Mariam du ΓΎamma aggilau: / hvaiwa sijai ΓΎata, ΓΎandei aban ni / kann?
      Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (KJV)

Declension
Masculine an-stem, contraction in plural
Singular Plural
Nominative 𐌰𐌱𐌰
aba		 πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
abans
Vocative 𐌰𐌱𐌰
aba		 πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
abans
Accusative 𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽
aban		 πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
abans
Genitive πŒ°πŒ±πŒΉπŒ½πƒ
abins		 𐌰𐌱𐌽𐌴
abnΔ“
Dative 𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽
abin		 𐌰𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌼
abnam

Further reading
  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 1
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