𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃

𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

Probably from *𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*peiks, “sharp point”) +‎ 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bagms), the first part from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.kaˌbaɡms/, [ˈpiː.kaˌbaɣms]

Noun

𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 • (peikabagms) m

1. (hapax) palm tree
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 12.13:[1]

     𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽: 𐍉𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰, 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃.

     nēmun astans peikabagmē jah urrunnun wiþragamōtjan imma jah hrōpidēdun: ōsanna, þiuþida sa qimanda in namin fraujins, þiudans israēlis.

     Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. (KJV).

Declension

Only attested in genitive plural.

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 peikabagms	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍉𐍃 peikabagmōs
Vocative	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼 peikabagm	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍉𐍃 peikabagmōs
Accusative	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼 peikabagm	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 peikabagmans
Genitive	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌹𐍃 peikabagmis	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 peikabagmē
Dative	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰 peikabagma	𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰𐌼 peikabagmam

Hypernyms

• 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bagms, “tree”)

Meronyms

• 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (asts, “branch”)
• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs, “leaf, foliage”)
• 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts, “root”)

Coordinate terms

• 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (alēwabagms, “olive tree”)
• 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bairabagms, “sycamine”)
• 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (smakkabagms, “fig tree, sycomore”)

References

1. John chapter 12 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. 105