𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃

𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃

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Cardinal: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (fimf þusundjōs)

Etymology

Literally “five thousands”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimf ˈθuː.sund.joːs/

Noun

𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 • (fimf þūsundjōs) f pl

1. five thousand (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 6.10:[1]

     𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽. 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰. 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍉𐍃 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐍉𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃.

     iþ iēsus qaþ: waurkeiþ þans mans anakumbjan. wasuh þan hawi manag ana þamma stada. þaruh anakumbidēdun wairōs raþjōn swaswē fimf þusundjōs.

     And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 9.14:[2]

     𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴. 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌺𐌿𐌱𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃.

     wēsun auk swē fimf þusundjōs wairē. qaþ þan du sipōnjam seinaim: gawaurkeiþ im anakumbjan kubituns, ana ƕarjanōh fimf tiguns.

     For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 8.19:[3]

     𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌺 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌼, 𐍈𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍉𐍃 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍉 𐌿𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌸? 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆.

     þan þans fimf hlaibans gabrak fimf þusundjōm, ƕan managōs tainjōs fullōs gabrukō usnēmuþ? qēþun du imma: twalif.

     When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. (KJV)

Usage notes

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “five thousands”; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

Related terms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf, “five”)
• 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (þūsundi, “thousand”)

References

1. John chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
2. Luke chapter 9 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
3. Mark chapter 8 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “F55. fimf”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 35