𐌰𐍂𐌰
Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō. Cognate with Old English earn, Old High German aro, Old Norse ǫrn, and Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒊏𒀸 (ḫāras).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ra/
Noun
𐌰𐍂𐌰 • (ara) m
- (hapax) eagle (bird)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 17.37:[1]
- 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐍈𐌰𐍂, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰? 𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌼: 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺, 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃.
- jah andhafjandans qēþun du imma: ƕar, frauja? iþ is qaþ im: þarei leik, jaindrē galisand sik arans.
- And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. (KJV).
- 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐍈𐌰𐍂, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰? 𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌼: 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺, 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃.
Declension
Only attested in the nominative plural 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (arans). This noun followed a declension similar to 𐌰𐌱𐌰 (aba) in Proto-Germanic, so it is likely at least some of the forms had a stem *𐌰𐍂𐌽- (*arn-), but the distribution of these forms in the paradigm, if any such forms existed, is unknown.
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | 𐌰𐍂𐌰 ara | 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 arans |
| Vocative | 𐌰𐍂𐌰 ara | 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 arans |
| Accusative | 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 aran | 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 arans |
| Genitive | 𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍃 arins | 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌴 aranē |
| Dative | 𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌽 arin | 𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌼 aram |
Hypernyms
- 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls, “bird”)
Coordinate terms
- 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌺𐍃 (ahaks, “pidgeon, dove”)
- 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “rooster”)
- 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (hraiwadūbo, “turtledove”)
- 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa, “sparrow”)
References
- Luke chapter 17 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
Further reading
- Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “A191. *ara”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 40
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 11