π…πŒ΄πŒ²πƒ

Gothic

FWOTD – 20 January 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wΔ“gaz. Cognates include English wave, North Frisian waag, and Swedish vΓ₯g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /weːxs/

Noun

π…πŒ΄πŒ²πƒ β€’ (wΔ“gs) m

  1. storm, tempest
    • Gothic Bible, Luke 8.24:
      πŒ³πŒΏπŒ°π„πŒ²πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ 𐌸𐌰𐌽 πŒΏπ‚π‚πŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒΉπŒ³πŒ΄πŒ³πŒΏπŒ½ 𐌹𐌽𐌰 πŒ΅πŒΉπŒΈπŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒ°πŒ½πƒ: π„πŒ°πŒ»πŒΆπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½πŒ³, π†π‚πŒ°πŒ΅πŒΉπƒπ„πŒ½πŒ°πŒΌ! 𐌹𐌸 πŒΉπƒ πŒΏπ‚π‚πŒ΄πŒΉπƒπŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ πŒ²πŒ°πƒπ‰πŒΊ π…πŒΉπŒ½πŒ³πŒ° 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 π…πŒ΄πŒ²πŒ° π…πŒ°π„πŒΉπŒ½πƒ; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒ°πŒ½πŒ°πƒπŒ»πŒ°π…πŒ°πŒΉπŒ³πŒ΄πŒ³πŒΏπŒ½ 𐌾𐌰𐌷 π…πŒ°π‚πŒΈ π…πŒΉπƒ.
      duatgaggands ΓΎan urraisidΔ“dun ina qiΓΎandans: talzjand, fraqistnam! iΓΎ is urreisands gasōk winda jah ΓΎamma wΔ“ga watins; jah anaslawaidΔ“dun jah warΓΎ wis.
      And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. (KJV)
  2. (in the plural) waves
    • Gothic Bible, Mark 4.37:
      𐌾𐌰𐌷 π…πŒ°π‚πŒΈ πƒπŒΊπŒΏπ‚πŒ° π…πŒΉπŒ½πŒ³πŒΉπƒ 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 π…πŒ΄πŒ²π‰πƒ π…πŒ°πŒ»π„πŒΉπŒ³πŒ΄πŒ³πŒΏπŒ½ 𐌹𐌽 πƒπŒΊπŒΉπ€, πƒπ…πŒ°πƒπ…πŒ΄ πŒΉπ„πŒ° 𐌾𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽 πŒ²πŒ°π†πŒΏπŒ»πŒ»πŒ½π‰πŒ³πŒ°.
      jah warΓΎ skura windis mikila jah wΔ“gōs waltidΔ“dun in skip, swaswΔ“ ita juΓΎan gafullnōda.
      And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. (KJV)

Declension

An irregular i-stem dative plural π…πŒ΄πŒ²πŒΉπŒΌ (wΔ“gim) is also attested.

Masculine a-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative π…πŒ΄πŒ²πƒ
wΔ“gs		 π…πŒ΄πŒ²π‰πƒ
wΔ“gōs
Vocative π…πŒ΄πŒ²
wΔ“g		 π…πŒ΄πŒ²π‰πƒ
wΔ“gōs
Accusative π…πŒ΄πŒ²
wΔ“g		 π…πŒ΄πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
wΔ“gans
Genitive π…πŒ΄πŒ²πŒΉπƒ
wΔ“gis		 π…πŒ΄πŒ²πŒ΄
wΔ“gΔ“
Dative π…πŒ΄πŒ²πŒ°
wΔ“ga		 π…πŒ΄πŒ²πŒ°πŒΌ
wΔ“gam

Synonyms

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