๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น
Gothic
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Cardinal: ๐๐
๐ฐ๐น (twai) Ordinal: ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ (anรพar) Adverbial: ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ ๐๐น๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ผ (twaim sinรพam) Distributive: ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น (tweihnai) Collective: ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐น (bai) Fractional: ๐ท๐ฐ๐ป๐ฑ๐ (halbs) |
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *twฤซhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwรณhโ. Cognate to English twin and Old Norse tvinnr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /หtwiหhnษห/
Numeral
๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น โข (tweihnai)
- a pair (collective number)
- Gothic Bible, Mark 7:31:
- ๐พ๐ฐ๐ท ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ณ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐๐ผ ๐๐ ๐๐ด ๐พ๐ฐ๐ท ๐๐ด๐น๐ณ๐๐ฝ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ด๐น๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ด ๐ผ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐น๐บ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐.
- jah aftra galeiรพands af markลm twrฤ jah seidลnฤ qam at marein galeilaiฤ miรพ tweihnaim markลm daikapaulaiลs.
- And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
- Gothic Bible, Mark 7:31:
- two each (distributive number)
- Gothic Bible, Luke 9:3:
- ๐พ๐ฐ๐ท ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ: ๐ฝ๐น ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ท๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐น๐ธ ๐น๐ฝ ๐ ๐น๐ฒ; ๐ฝ๐น๐ท ๐ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ท ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ท ๐ท๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ท ๐๐บ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฝ๐น๐ท ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ณ๐๐ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฝ.
- jah qaรพ du im: ni waiht nimaiรพ in wig; nih waluns nih matibalg nih hlaib nih skattans, nih รพan tweihnลs paidลs haban.
- And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
- Gothic Bible, Luke 9:3:
Declension
Only the feminine accusative and dative are attested, but it appears to have declined similarly to ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น (twai).
Declension of ๐๐
๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น (tweihnai) (irregular)
gender | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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case | plural | plural | plural |
nominative | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น (tweihnai) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐๐ (tweihnลs) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ (tweihna) |
accusative | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ (tweihnans) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐๐ (tweihnลs) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ (tweihna) |
genitive | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐พ๐ด (tweihnaddjฤ) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐พ๐ (tweihnaddjล) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐พ๐ด (tweihnaddjฤ) |
dative | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ (tweihnaim) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ (tweihnaim) | ๐๐ ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ (tweihnaim) |
Further reading
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wรถrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterโs Universitรคtsbuchhandlung, p. 143