𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃

Gothic

FWOTD – 10 November 2012

Alternative forms

• 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌿𐍃 (aggēlus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋɡilus/

Noun

𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 • (aggilus) m

1. (Christianity) angel
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 1:13:

     𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌰 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃: 𐌽𐌹 𐍉𐌲𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃, 𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰, 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌳 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿 𐌸𐌿𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐌽.

     qaþ þan du imma sa aggilus: ni ōgs þus, zakaria, duþē ei andhausida ist bida þeina, jah qēns þeina aileisabaiþ gabairid sunu þus, jah haitais namō is iōhannēn.

     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	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 aggilus	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌿𐍃, 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 aggiljus, aggileis
Vocative	—	—
Accusative	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿 aggilu	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 aggiluns
Genitive	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 aggilaus	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌴 aggilē
Dative	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿 aggilau	𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌼 aggilum

Related terms

• 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (arkaggilus)