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Gothic
Etymology
Ultimately unknown,[1][2] though the first element appears to be πΏπ½- (un-, βun-β).
Pronunciation
Noun
πΏπ½π±πΉπ°ππΉ β’ (unbiari) n
- (hapax, derogatory) beast (violent/antisocial person)
4th Century,
Wulfila (tr.),
Gothic Bible: Epistle to Titus (
Codex Ambrosianus A) 1.12:
[3]- π΅π°πΈ π°πΏπΊ ππΏπΌπ πΉπΆπ΄, ππ
π΄π πΉπΆπ΄ πππ°πΏππ΄ππΏπ: πΊππ΄ππ΄π ππΉπ½ππ΄πΉπ½π π»πΉπΏπ²π½πΎπ°π½π, πΏπ±πΉπ»π° πΏ(π½)π±πΉπ°ππΎπ°, π
π°πΌπ±ππ π»π°πππ.
- qaΓΎ auk sums izΔ, swΔs izΔ praufΔtus: krΔtΔs sinteinΕ liugnjans, ubila u(n)biarja, wambΕs latΕs.
- One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. (KJV)
Usage notes
This word translates ΞΈΞ·ΟΞ―ΞΏΞ½ (thΔrΓon), but is only used in an instance where human beings are described pejoratively as "beasts". When describing actual animals in a neutral sense, the word π³πΉπΏπ (dius) is used.
Declension
No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.
See also
References
- ^ Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) βU23. *un-biariβ, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feistβs dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 376: βUnexplained.β
- ^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (2012) βun-biariβ, in Gotisches etymologisches WΓΆrterbuch: Mit EinschluΓ der Eigennamen und der gotischen LehnwΓΆrter im Romanischen [Gothic Etymological Dictionary: Including Proper Names and Gothic Loanwords in Romance Languages] (Germanische Bibliothek 4; 8) (in German), 2 edition, Heidelberg: UniversitΓ€tsverlag Winter, βISBN, page 116: βdunkel.β
- ^ Corinthians I chapter 1 Provided by Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH..
Further reading
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterβs UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 156