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Gothic
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ξ²ΟΟΟΞΏΞ½ (bΓΊsson), accusative of Ξ²ΟΟΟΞΏΟ (bΓΊssos).
Pronunciation
Noun
π±π
πππ°πΏπ½ β’ (bwssaun) f (indeclinable)
- fine linen
- Luke 16:19:
π°πΈπΈπ°π½ πΌπ°π½π½π΄ ππΏπΌπ π
π°π π²π°π±πΉπ²π πΎπ°π· π²π°π
π°ππΉπ³π π
π°π ππ°πΏπππ°πΏππ°πΉ πΎπ°π· π±π
πππ°πΏπ½ πΎπ°π· π
π°πΉπ»π° π
πΉππ°π½π³π π³π°π²π° ππ°πΌπΌπ΄π· π±π°πΉππ·ππ°π±π°.- aΓΎΓΎan mannΔ sums was gabigs jah gawasids was paurpaurai jah bwssaun jah waila wisands daga ΖammΔh bairhtaba.
- There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (KJV)
Usage notes
The gender in Gothic cannot be determined from the sole sentence in which the word is used, but Ancient Greek Ξ²ΟΟΟΞΏΟ (bΓΊssos) is feminine, and loanwords tend to keep the same gender they had in the source language.