𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰
Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mēnô m, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. Cognate to Crimean Gothic mine, Old English mōna m and Old Norse máni m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeː.na/
Proper noun
𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 • (mēna) ?
- (hapax) the Moon (sole natural satellite of the Earth)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 13.24:[1]
- 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐍉 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌸 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌸 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽.
- akei in jainans dagans afar þō aglōn jaina sauil riqizeiþ jah mēna ni gibiþ liuhaþ sein.
- But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, (KJV).
- 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐍉 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌸 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌸 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽.
Declension
Only attested in the nominative singular, which theoretically makes a masculine an-stem and feminine ō-stem equally likely possibilities. A masculine an-stem is nigh-universally assumed, based on the word's Germanic cognates.
Masculine an-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 mena | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 menans |
Vocative | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 mena | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 menans |
Accusative | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌽 menan | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 menans |
Genitive | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌽𐍃 menins | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌴 menanē |
Dative | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌹𐌽 menin | 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌼 menam |
Coordinate terms
- 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 (auzandil, “the morning star”)
- 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil, “the Sun”)
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”)
- 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”)
Related terms
- 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mēnōþs, “month”)
See also
- 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌻 (tuggl)
References
- Mark chapter 13 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
Further reading
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 94