π†πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒΏπŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒ½πŒ°

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Gothic

Etymology

From π†πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒΏ (faihu, β€œproperty”) +‎ πŒΈπ‚πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ·πŒ°πŒ½ (ΓΎreihan, β€œto press, force”), thus literally β€˜money compulsion’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfΙ›huΞΈrɛːhna/

Noun

π†πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒΏπŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒ½πŒ° β€’ (faihuΓΎraihna) (both nominative singular form and gender uncertain; attested only in the dative singular)

  1. Mammon (personification of avarice)
    • Luke 16:9–13:
      𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌺 πŒΉπŒΆπ…πŒΉπƒ 𐌡𐌹𐌸𐌰: π„πŒ°πŒΏπŒΎπŒ°πŒΉπŒΈ πŒΉπŒΆπ…πŒΉπƒ π†π‚πŒΉπŒΎπ‰πŒ½πŒ³πƒ πŒΏπƒ π†πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒΏπŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒ½πŒ° πŒΉπŒ½π…πŒΉπŒ½πŒ³πŒΉπŒΈπ‰πƒ […] 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌿 𐌹𐌽 πŒΉπŒ½π…πŒΉπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°πŒΌπŒΌπŒ° π†πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒΏπŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒ½πŒ° π„π‚πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²π…πŒ°πŒΉ 𐌽𐌹 π…πŒ°πŒΏπ‚πŒΈπŒΏπŒΈ, πŒΈπŒ°π„πŒ° πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΎπŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½π‰ πˆπŒ°πƒ πŒΉπŒΆπ…πŒΉπƒ 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌸? […] 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰 πƒπŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΉπŒ½π‰πŒ½ 𐌾𐌰𐌷 π†πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒΏπŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒ½πŒ°.
      jah ik izwis qiΓΎa: taujaiΓΎ izwis frijōnds us faihuΓΎraihna inwindiþōs […] jabai nu in inwindamma faihuΓΎraihna triggwai ni waurΓΎuΓΎ, ΓΎata sunjeinō Ζ•as izwis galaubeiΓΎ? […] ni maguΓΎ guda skalkinōn jah faihuΓΎraihna.
      And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (KJV)

Further reading

  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 31