πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πƒ

Gothic

Etymology

From πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπŒ°π‚ (brōþar), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bΚ°rΓ©hβ‚‚tΔ“r.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbroːθrahans/

Noun

πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πƒ β€’ (brōþrahansm pl

  1. (hapax legomenon) brethren
    • Mark 12:20
      πƒπŒΉπŒ±πŒΏπŒ½ πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πƒ π…πŒ΄πƒπŒΏπŒ½; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πƒπŒ° π†π‚πŒΏπŒΌπŒΉπƒπ„πŒ° 𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌡𐌴𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒ²πŒ°πƒπ…πŒΉπŒ»π„πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ 𐌽𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 π†π‚πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°.
      sibun brōþrahans wΔ“sun; jah sa frumista nam qΔ“n jah gaswiltands ni bilaiΓΎ fraiwa.
      Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. (KJV)

Declension

Masculine an-stem
singular plural
nominative β€” πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
brōþrahans
vocative β€” πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
brōþrahans
accusative β€” πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
brōþrahans
genitive β€” πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πŒ΄
brōþrahanΔ“
dative β€” πŒ±π‚π‰πŒΈπ‚πŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒΌ
brōþraham

Further reading

  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 23