𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃

𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃

Gothic

Alternative forms

• 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲 (dulg)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dulgaz.

Noun

𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃 • (dulgs) m

1. debt

Usage notes

Only the genitive singular is attested, and the gender is not certain. If the noun was indeed masculine, the table below lists the forms. Otherwise, the correct lemma form would have been the neuter a-stem 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲 (dulg). However, most linguists seem to treat the masculine form as the likelier lemma.

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃 dulgs	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍉𐍃 dulgōs
Vocative	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲 dulg	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍉𐍃 dulgōs
Accusative	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲 dulg	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 dulgans
Genitive	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌹𐍃 dulgis	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌴 dulgē
Dative	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰 dulga	𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌼 dulgam

Derived terms

• 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰 (dulgahaitja, “creditor”)

Descendants

• Slavic: *dъlgъ
  • East Slavic: дългъ (dŭlgŭ), длъгъ (dlŭgŭ), дълъгъ (dŭlŭgŭ), долгъ (dolgŭ)
    • Belarusian: доўг (doŭh)
    • Russian: долг (dolg)
    • Ukrainian: довг (dovh)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:

      Cyrillic: дългъ (dŭlgŭ), длъгъ (dlŭgŭ)

      Glagolitic: ⰴⱏⰾⰳⱏ (dŭlgŭ), ⰴⰾⱏⰳⱏ (dlŭgŭ)

      • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): дългъ (dŭlgŭ), длъгъ (dlŭgŭ), дълъгъ (dŭlŭgŭ), долгъ (dolgŭ)
      • Church Slavonic (Serbian recension): дльгъ (dlĭgŭ, “sin”)
    • Bulgarian: дълг (dǎlg), dialectal длъг (dlǎg)
    • Macedonian: долг (dolg)
    • Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic: ду̑г

      Latin: dȗg

    • Slovene: dȏłg (tonal orthography)
    • → Hungarian: dolog
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dluh
    • Polabian: dåug
    • Polish: dług
    • Slovak: dlh
    • Slovincian: dlʉ̇́g
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: dług
      • Upper Sorbian: dołh