-πŒ²πƒ

Gothic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-gaz (β€œ-y, -ic”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-αΈ±os (β€œ-y, -ic”).

Suffix

-πŒ²πƒ β€’ (-gs)

  1. -y, -ic; forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a sense of 'being, having, or doing'.

Usage notes

Usually, this suffix is attached to the full stem of the base word. Thus, the variant -πŒ°πŒ²πƒ (-ags) (variant -πŒ°πŒ·πƒ (-ahs)) is mostly associated with derivations from a-stem nouns, -πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ²πƒ (-eigs) with derivations from i-stem nouns and -πŒΏπŒ²πƒ (-ugs) with derivations from u-stem nouns. These do not, however, seem to have been fixed rules and occasionally there are atypical derivations, such as π…πŒΏπŒ»πŒΈπŒ°πŒ²πƒ (wulΓΎags) from the u-stem π…πŒΏπŒ»πŒΈπŒΏπƒ (wulΓΎus) and note the alternation between long and short vowels in πŒ²πŒ°πŒ±πŒΉπŒ²πƒ (gabigs) (apparently with a suffix -igs) and πŒ²πŒ°πŒ±πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ²πƒ (gabeigs).

Declension

A-stem
Strong (indefinite) inflection
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative -πŒ²πƒ
-gs
-𐌲𐌰
-ga
-𐌲, -πŒ²πŒ°π„πŒ°
-g, -gata
accusative -𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰
-gana
-𐌲𐌰
-ga
-𐌲, -πŒ²πŒ°π„πŒ°
-g, -gata
genitive -πŒ²πŒΉπƒ
-gis
-πŒ²πŒ°πŒΉπŒΆπ‰πƒ
-gaizōs
-πŒ²πŒΉπƒ
-gis
dative -𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰
-gamma
-𐌲𐌰𐌹
-gai
-𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰
-gamma
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative -𐌲𐌰𐌹
-gai
-πŒ²π‰πƒ
-gōs
-𐌲𐌰
-ga
accusative -πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
-gans
-πŒ²π‰πƒ
-gōs
-𐌲𐌰
-ga
genitive -𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌢𐌴
-gaizΔ“
-πŒ²πŒ°πŒΉπŒΆπ‰
-gaizō
-𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌢𐌴
-gaizΔ“
dative -𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌼
-gaim
-𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌼
-gaim
-𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌼
-gaim
Weak (definite) inflection
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative -𐌲𐌰
-ga
-πŒ²π‰
-gō
-πŒ²π‰
-gō
accusative -𐌲𐌰𐌽
-gan
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½
-gōn
-πŒ²π‰
-gō
genitive -πŒ²πŒΉπŒ½πƒ
-gins
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½πƒ
-gōns
-πŒ²πŒΉπŒ½πƒ
-gins
dative -𐌲𐌹𐌽
-gin
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½
-gōn
-𐌲𐌹𐌽
-gin
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative -πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
-gans
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½πƒ
-gōns
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½πŒ°
-gōna
accusative -πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
-gans
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½πƒ
-gōns
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½πŒ°
-gōna
genitive -𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌴
-ganΔ“
-πŒ²π‰πŒ½π‰
-gōnō
-𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌴
-ganΔ“
dative -𐌲𐌰𐌼
-gam
-πŒ²π‰πŒΌ
-gōm
-𐌲𐌰𐌼
-gam

Derived terms

Gothic terms suffixed with -πŒΉπŒ²πƒ