𐌰𐌷𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahsą, itself derived from Proto-Germanic *ahaz. Identical in formation to Old Norse ax, and cognate to Old English ēar and, more distantly, Latin acus (“chaff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈahs/

Noun

𐌰𐌷𐍃 • (ahs) n

2. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 6:1:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼.

     jah warþ in sabbatō anþaramma frumin gaggan imma þairh atisk, jah raupidēdun ahsa sipōnjōs is jah matidēdun bnauandans handum.

     And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 2:23:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰.

     jah warþ þairhgaggan imma sabbatō daga þairh atisk, jah dugunnun sipōnjōs is skēwjandans raupjan ahsa.

     And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. (KJV).

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 4:28:

     𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐍉 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌸: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌷 𐌰𐌷𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌷 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰.

     silbō auk airþa akran bairiþ: frumist gras, þaþrōh ahs, þaþrōh fulliþ kaurnis in þamma ahsa.

     For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. (KJV)

Declension

Neuter a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐌷𐍃 ahs	𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 ahsa
Vocative	𐌰𐌷𐍃 ahs	𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 ahsa
Accusative	𐌰𐌷𐍃 ahs	𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 ahsa
Genitive	𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌹𐍃 ahsis	𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌴 ahsē
Dative	𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 ahsa	𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰𐌼 ahsam

Holonyms

• 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ƕaiteis, “wheat”)

Related terms

• 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn, “corn”)

See also

• 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”)
• 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan, “to pluck”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A58. ahs”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 3