𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉
Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate to Crimean Gothic stein (misprint for *stern). Identical in formation to Old Norse stjarna, and, more distantly, cognate to Koine Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), which it translates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛr.noː/
Noun
𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 • (stairnō) f
- (hapax) star (luminous celestial body)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 13.25:[1]
- 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰.
- jah stairnōns himinis wairþand driusandeins jah mahteis þōs in himinam gawagjanda.
- And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. (KJV).
- 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰.
Declension
No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.
| Feminine ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 stairnō | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns |
| Vocative | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 stairnō | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns |
| Accusative | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽 stairnōn | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns |
| Genitive | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍉 stairnōnō |
| Dative | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽 stairnōn | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌼 stairnōm |
Coordinate terms
- 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 (auzandil, “the morning star”)
- 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”)
- 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil, “the Sun”)
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”)
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
- Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “S131. *stairno”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 322
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 128