𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰

𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌰𐍆 (af) +‎ *𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (*grundus) +‎ -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa). Compare Old English æfgrynde, Dutch afgrond, German Abgrund.

Noun

𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 • (afgrundiþa) f

1. the deep, abyss
   • Gothic Bible, Luke 8.31:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌰𐌳 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌳𐌹 𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽.

     jah bad ina ei ni anabudi im in afgrundiþa galeiþan.

     And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

   • Gothic Bible, Romans 10.7:

     𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿: 𐍈𐌰𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰? 𐌸𐌰𐍄-𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿 𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌿𐍀 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽.

     aiþþau: ƕas gasteigiþ in afgrundiþa? þat-ist xristu us dauþaim iup ustiuhan.

     Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

Declension

Feminine ō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 afgrundiþa	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍉𐍃 afgrundiþōs
Vocative	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 afgrundiþa	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍉𐍃 afgrundiþōs
Accusative	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 afgrundiþa	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍉𐍃 afgrundiþōs
Genitive	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍉𐍃 afgrundiþōs	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍉 afgrundiþō
Dative	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌹 afgrundiþai	𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌼 afgrundiþōm