𐌰𐌱𐌰

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba"

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abΓ΄.

Noun

𐌰𐌱𐌰 β€’ (aba) m

  1. man; husband
    • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 1:34:
      𐌡𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 πŒΌπŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒ°πŒΌ 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿: πˆπŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ° πƒπŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒΉ πŒΈπŒ°π„πŒ°, 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽?
      qaΓΎ ΓΎan mariam du ΓΎamma aggilau: Ζ•aiwa sijai ΓΎata, ΓΎandei aban ni kann?
      Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (KJV)

Declension

Masculine an-stem, contraction in plural
Singular Plural
Nominative 𐌰𐌱𐌰
aba 		πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
abans
Vocative *𐌰𐌱𐌰
*aba 		*πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
*abans
Accusative 𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽
aban 		*πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
*abans
Genitive πŒ°πŒ±πŒΉπŒ½πƒ
abins 		𐌰𐌱𐌽𐌴
abnΔ“
Dative 𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽
abin 		𐌰𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌼
abnam

Further reading

  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 1
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