𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹
Gothic
FWOTD – 15 May 2016
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath”). Cognates include English heath, Dutch heide, German Heide, Old Norse heiðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛː.θi/
Noun
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 • (haiþi) f
- (uncultivated) field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)
- Gothic Bible, Matthew 6.28-29:
- 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳. 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴.
- gakunnaiþ blōmans haiþjōs ƕaiwa wahsjand nih arbaidjand nih spinnand. qiþuh þan izwis þatei nih saulaumōn in allama wulþau seinamma gawasida sik swē ains þizē.
- Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (KJV)
- Gothic Bible, Matthew 6.28-29:
Usage notes
Not a perfect synonym of 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs), which refers to a cultivated field.
Declension
Feminine ō-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 haiþi | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 haiþjōs |
Vocative | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 haiþi | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 haiþjōs |
Accusative | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰 haiþja | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 haiþjōs |
Genitive | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 haiþjōs | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉 haiþjō |
Dative | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌹 haiþjai | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐌼 haiþjōm |
Derived terms
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (haiþiwisks, “wild”)
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌽𐍉 (haiþnō, “heatheness”)