𐌳𐌰𐌻

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dala-, akin to English dale, Dutch dal, Swedish dal, and German Tal.

Noun

𐌳𐌰𐌻 • (dal) ? (accusative singular)

1. valley
   • Luke 3:5a:

     𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰

     all dalei usfulljada jah all fairgunjē jah hlainē gahnaiwjada

     Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low (KJV)

2. ditch
   • Luke 6:39c:

     𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌻 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳?

     niu bai in dal gadriusand?

     Shall they not both fall into the ditch? (KJV)

Declension

The word is only attested in its accusative singular form and an apparently misspelled genitive plural (which are both not enough to distinguish between masculine and neuter a-stem nouns), so the gender cannot be determined with certainty: it may also have been a masculine a-stem *𐌳𐌰𐌻𐍃 (*dals). Both possible declensions are given below.

• Attested (apparently misspelled) genitive plural: 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹 (dalei). Note that the regular genitive plural 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴 (dalē) given in the tables below is not attested. (Compare 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹 (waurdei), 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹 (gardei).)

Derived terms

• 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 (dalaþ)

Related terms

• 𐌹𐌱𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐌽 (ibdaljin) (exact relation unclear)