๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฟ๐ƒ

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Gothic

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ฮผฮฑฯฮณฮฑฯฮฏฯ„ฮทฯ‚ (margarรญtฤ“s), possibly via Latin. Apparently modified by folk-etymological association with ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน (marei, โ€œseaโ€); although the second element -kreitus is less readily explained, its devoicing may result from the same process that yielded ๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œบ๐ƒ (krฤ“ks, โ€œGreekโ€) (from Latin graecus) with its devoiced initial consonant.

The sole attested form, marikreitum, has been surmised to be a misspelling of *marikreitลm, dative plural to a feminine noun *marikreita, which would support a borrowing from Latin margarฤซta instead a direct derivation from the Greek form. This, however, remains uncertain.

Compare Old High German merigrioz, Old Saxon merigriota, merigrฤซta, Old English meregrot, meregrฤ“ot, all meaning "pearl" and folk-etymologically adapted to their languages' respective reflexes of Proto-Germanic *mari (โ€œseaโ€).

Noun

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๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฟ๐ƒ โ€ข (marikreitusm

  1. (hapax) pearl

Declension

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Masculine/feminine u-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฟ๐ƒ
marikreitus
๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œพ๐Œฟ๐ƒ
marikreitjus
Vocative ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฟ
marikreitau
๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œพ๐Œฟ๐ƒ
marikreitjus
Accusative ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฟ
marikreitu
๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฟ๐Œฝ๐ƒ
marikreituns
Genitive ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฟ๐ƒ
marikreitaus
๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œน๐…๐Œด
marikreitiwฤ“
Dative ๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฐ๐Œฟ
marikreitau
๐Œผ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œน๐Œบ๐‚๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐Œฟ๐Œผ
marikreitum

References

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