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Gothic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δαμιανός (Damianós); compare English Damian.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃 • (damjanus) m
- a male given name
- From the Mangup inscriptions, 9th/10th century:
𐍆[𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾?]𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌸𐌴𐌹[𐌽𐌹𐍃?]
𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰[𐌽𐌰?]𐌿𐍃 𐌿𐍃𐍅[𐌴?]𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲[𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌼??]
𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂[𐌷?]𐍄𐌹𐍃 ..- fahilpskalkisþei
damjaus uswinag
jahfrawaurtis .. - Lord, help your servant
Damia from the vineyards(?)
And the sinner ..
𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂[𐌷?]𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 ..- jahfrawaur[h?]tisdamjan ..
- And the sinner Damian ..
Declension
Attested twice as genitive singular in the newly discovered 9th/10th century inscriptions from Mangup, Crimea (see references). There are lacunae in both attestations (see quotations above).
References
- А.Ю. Виноградов, М.И. Коробов, 'Готские граффити из Мангупской базилики', Средние века 76.3-4 (2015) 57-75.
- Korobov, M. and A. Vinogradov, 'Gotische Graffito-Inschriften aus der Bergkrim', Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur 145.2 (2016) 141-157.