πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒΏπƒ

Gothic

FWOTD – 10 November 2012

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγΡλος (Γ‘ngelos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaΕ‹Ι‘ilus/

Noun

πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒΏπƒ β€’ (aggilus) m

  1. (Christianity) angel
    • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 1:13:
      𐌡𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 πƒπŒ° πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒΏπƒ: 𐌽𐌹 π‰πŒ²πƒ πŒΈπŒΏπƒ, πŒΆπŒ°πŒΊπŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒ°, 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 𐌴𐌹 πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒ·πŒ°πŒΏπƒπŒΉπŒ³πŒ° πŒΉπƒπ„ 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒ΅πŒ΄πŒ½πƒ 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 πŒ°πŒΉπŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπƒπŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπŒΈ πŒ²πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒΉπŒ³ πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΏ πŒΈπŒΏπƒ, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒ·πŒ°πŒΉπ„πŒ°πŒΉπƒ πŒ½πŒ°πŒΌπ‰ πŒΉπƒ πŒΉπ‰πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πŒ½πŒ΄πŒ½.
      qaΓΎ ΓΎan du imma sa aggilus: ni ōgs ΓΎus, zakaria, duΓΎΔ“ ei andhausida ist bida ΓΎeina, jah qΔ“ns ΓΎeina aileisabaiΓΎ gabairid sunu ΓΎus, jah haitais namō is iōhannΔ“n.
      But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. (KJV)

Declension

The declension of this noun was a mix between u-stem and i-stem endings.

Loanword; irregular/mixed declension
singular plural
nominative πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒΏπƒ
aggilus 		πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒΎπŒΏπƒ, πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπƒ
aggiljus, aggileis
vocative β€” β€”
accusative 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿
aggilu 		πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒΏπŒ½πƒ
aggiluns
genitive πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒΉπŒ»πŒ°πŒΏπƒ
aggilaus 		𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌴
aggilΔ“
dative 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿
aggilau 		𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌼
aggilum
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