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Gothic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ๐Œฝ๐Œน (ni) +โ€Ž ๐Œน๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐Œน (ibai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /หˆnibษ›ห/,

Conjunction

๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐Œน โ€ข (nibai)

  1. ifโ€ฆnot, thoughโ€ฆnot, unless, except
    • Matthew 5:20:
      ๐Œต๐Œน๐Œธ๐Œฐ ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐Œบ ๐Œน๐Œถ๐…๐Œน๐ƒ ๐Œธ๐Œฐ๐„๐Œด๐Œน ๐Œฝ๐Œน๐Œฑ๐Œฐ๐Œน ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œฒ๐Œน๐Œถ๐‰ ๐…๐Œฐ๐Œน๐‚๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œธ ๐Œน๐Œถ๐…๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œถ๐‰๐ƒ ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œท๐„๐Œด๐Œน๐Œฝ๐ƒ ๐Œธ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œถ๐Œด ๐Œฑ๐‰๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œพ๐Œด ๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œท ๐†๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐ƒ๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œด, ๐Œฝ๐Œน ๐Œธ๐Œฐ๐Œฟ ๐Œต๐Œน๐Œผ๐Œน๐Œธ ๐Œน๐Œฝ ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œณ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œณ๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œน ๐Œท๐Œน๐Œผ๐Œน๐Œฝ๐Œด.
      qiรพa auk izwis รพatei nibai managizล wairรพiรพ izwaraizลs garaihteins รพau รพizฤ“ bลkarjฤ“ jah fareisaiฤ“, ni รพau qimiรพ in รพiudangardjai himinฤ“.
      For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. (KJV)

Further reading

  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wรถrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterโ€™s Universitรคtsbuchhandlung, p. 100