𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz and cognate to Old Norse þrír tigir. Contrast Crimean Gothic treithyen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθriːs ˈtiɡ.jus/,

𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 • (þreis tigjus) m pl

2. thirty (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 27.3:^[1]

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃 𐍃𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸, 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼

     þanuh gasaiƕands iudas sa galēwjands ina þatei du stauai gatauhans warþ, idreigōnds gawandida þans þrins tiguns silubrinaizē gudjam jah sinistam

     Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 27.9:^[2]

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍉 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌰𐌽 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌿 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍉𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃,

     þanuh usfullnōda þata qiþanō þairh iairaimian praufētu qiþandan: jah usnēmun þrins tiguns silubreinaizē andawairþi þis wairþōdins, þatei garahnidēdun fram sunum israēlis,

     Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 3.23:^[3]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌴 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍅𐌴 𐌿𐍆 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌹, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆𐌹𐍃, 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃,

     jah silba was iēsus swē jērē þrijē tigiwē uf gakunþai, swaei sunus munds was iōsēfis, sunaus hēleis,

     And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, (KJV)

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “three decades”; as such, the numeral 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis) and the noun 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (tigjus) are both declined, and the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

• 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis, “three”)
• 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “decade”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “Þ54. *þreis”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 365–366
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 150