𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉

𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (twai tigjus þusundjō)

Etymology

Literally “twenty of thousands”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɛː ˈtiɡ.jus ˈθuː.sund.joː/, [ˈtwɛː ˈtiɣ.jus ˈθuː.sund.joː]

Noun

𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 • (twai tigjus þūsundjō) m pl

1. (hapax) twenty thousand (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 14.31:[1]

     𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍈𐌰𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 <𐌹>𐌽𐌰, 𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸, 𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌿 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌼 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌺?

     aiþþau ƕas þiudans gaggands stigqan wiþra anþarana þiudan du wigan <i>na, niu gasitands faurþis þankeiþ, siaiu mahteigs miþ taihun þusundjōm gamōtjan þamma miþ twaim tigum þusundjō gaggandin ana sik?

     Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? (KJV)

Usage notes

The highest of all attested Gothic numbers.

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “two decades of thousands”; as such, the numeral 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai) and the nouns 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (tigjus) are both declined, and the noun 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (þūsundjōs) is in the genitive case.

Related terms

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (twai tigjus, “twenty”)
• 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (þūsundi, “thousand”)

References

1. Luke chapter 14 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.