𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃
Gothic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δαμιανός (Damianós); compare English Damian.
Proper noun
𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃 • (damjanus) m
- a male given name
- From the Mangup inscriptions, 9th/10th century:
- 𐍆[𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾?]𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌸𐌴𐌹[𐌽𐌹𐍃?]
𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰[𐌽𐌰?]𐌿𐍃 𐌿𐍃𐍅[𐌴?]𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲[𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌼??]
𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂[𐌷?]𐍄𐌹𐍃 ..- f[rauj?]ahilpskalkisþei[nis?]
damja[na?]us usw[e?]inag[ardjam??]
jahfrawaur[h?]tis .. - Lord, help your servant
Damia[n] from the vineyards(?)
And the sinner ..
- f[rauj?]ahilpskalkisþei[nis?]
- 𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂[𐌷?]𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 ..
- jahfrawaur[h?]tisdamjan ..
- And the sinner Damian ..
- From the Mangup inscriptions, 9th/10th century:
Declension
Attested twice as genitive singular in the newly discovered 9th/10th century inscriptions from Mangup, Crimea (see references). There are lacunae in both attestations (see quotations above).
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | 𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃 damjanus | — |
| Vocative | 𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿 damjanau | — |
| Accusative | 𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿 damjanu | — |
| Genitive | 𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 damjanaus | — |
| Dative | 𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿 damjanau | — |
References
- А.Ю. Виноградов, М.И. Коробов, 'Готские граффити из Мангупской базилики', Средние века 76.3-4 (2015) 57-75.
- Korobov, M. and A. Vinogradov, 'Gotische Graffito-Inschriften aus der Bergkrim', Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur 145.2 (2016) 141-157.