𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste”). Compare also Old Church Slavonic смокꙑ (smoky, “fig”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmak.ka/

𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 • (smakka) m

2. fig (fruit)

   Hypernym: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 7:16:

     𐌱𐌹 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐍃. 𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌹 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐍆 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌼 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃?

     bi akranam izē ufkunnaiþ ins. ibiai lisand af þaurnum weinabasja aiþþau af wigadeinōm smakkans?

     Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 6:44:

     𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄; 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰.

     ƕarjizuh raihtis bagmē us swēsamma akrana uskunþs ist; ni auk us þaurnum lisand smakkans, nih þan us aiƕatundjai trudand weinabasja.

     For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 11:13:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌴𐍄𐌹 𐍈𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐍄 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍄 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆; 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐌻 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴.

     jah gasaiƕands smakkabagm fairraþrō habandan lauf atiddja, ei auftō bigēti ƕa ana imma; jah qimands at imma ni waiht bigat ana imma niba lauf; ni auk was mēl smakkanē.

     And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. (KJV)

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

• 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (smakkabagms, “fig tree, sycamore”)

• →? Proto-Slavic: *smoky

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 126