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Gothic
Etymology
From ππ°πΉπ·πΏ (faihu, βpropertyβ) + πΈππ΄πΉπ·π°π½ (ΓΎreihan, βto press, forceβ), thus literally βmoney compulsionβ.
Pronunciation
Noun
ππ°πΉπ·πΏπΈππ°πΉπ·π½π° β’ (faihuΓΎraihna) (both nominative singular form and gender uncertain; attested only in the dative singular)
- Mammon (personification of avarice)
- Luke 16:9β13:
πΎπ°π· πΉπΊ πΉπΆπ
πΉπ π΅πΉπΈπ°: ππ°πΏπΎπ°πΉπΈ πΉπΆπ
πΉπ πππΉπΎππ½π³π πΏπ ππ°πΉπ·πΏπΈππ°πΉπ·π½π° πΉπ½π
πΉπ½π³πΉπΈππ [β¦] πΎπ°π±π°πΉ π½πΏ πΉπ½ πΉπ½π
πΉπ½π³π°πΌπΌπ° ππ°πΉπ·πΏπΈππ°πΉπ·π½π° πππΉπ²π²π
π°πΉ π½πΉ π
π°πΏππΈπΏπΈ, πΈπ°ππ° ππΏπ½πΎπ΄πΉπ½π ππ°π πΉπΆπ
πΉπ π²π°π»π°πΏπ±π΄πΉπΈ? [β¦] π½πΉ πΌπ°π²πΏπΈ π²πΏπ³π° ππΊπ°π»πΊπΉπ½ππ½ πΎπ°π· ππ°πΉπ·πΏπΈππ°πΉπ·π½π°.- jah ik izwis qiΓΎa: taujaiΓΎ izwis frijΕnds us faihuΓΎraihna inwindiΓΎΕs [β¦] jabai nu in inwindamma faihuΓΎraihna triggwai ni waurΓΎuΓΎ, ΓΎata sunjeinΕ Ζas izwis galaubeiΓΎ? [β¦] ni maguΓΎ guda skalkinΕn 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 Winterβs UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 31