𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽

Gothic

FWOTD – 20 September 2022

Etymology

From 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) +‎ 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan, “to sink, to set”). For the sense of "to be swallowed", compare Danish synke (“to sink, to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈsin.kʷan/, [ɡaˈsiŋ.kʷan]

Verb

𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 • (gasiggqan) (perfective)

1. to be swallowed (to be taken in, be consumed)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Codex Ambrosianus B) 2.7:

     𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍉 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽, 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃.

     swaei þata andaneiþō izwis mais fragiban jah gaþlaihan, ibai auftō managizein saurgai gasiggqai sa swaleiks.

     So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. (KJV).

2. to set (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon)

   Antonym: 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (urrinnan)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 1.32:

     𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰, 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻, 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     andanahtja þan waurþanamma, þan gasaggq sauil, bērun du imma allans þans ubil habandans jah unhulþōns habandans.

     And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. (KJV).

Usage notes

This lemma is only attested with the radical consonant cluster 𐌲𐌲𐌵 for the more usual 𐌲𐌵 (which appears i.a. in its derivational base 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan)); these clusters are pronounced identically.

Conjugation

Class 3 strong
Infinitive	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 gasiggqan
Indicative	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰 gasiggqa	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵 gasaggq	—
2nd singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌹𐍃 gasiggqis	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐍄 gasaggqt	—
3rd singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌹𐌸 gasiggqiþ	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵 gasaggq	—
1st dual	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐍉𐍃 gasiggqōs	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌿 gasuggqu	—
2nd dual	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐍄𐍃 gasiggqats	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌿𐍄𐍃 gasuggquts	—
1st plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌼 gasiggqam	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌼 gasuggqum	—
2nd plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌹𐌸 gasiggqiþ	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌸 gasuggquþ	—
3rd plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽𐌳 gasiggqand	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌽 gasuggqun	—
Subjunctive	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌿 gasiggqau	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌿 gasuggqjau	—
2nd singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍃 gasiggqais	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌴𐌹𐍃 gasuggqeis	—
3rd singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹 gasiggqai	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌹 gasuggqi	—
1st dual	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 gasiggqaiwa	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰 gasuggqeiwa	—
2nd dual	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 gasiggqaits	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 gasuggqeits	—
1st plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 gasiggqaima	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 gasuggqeima	—
2nd plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌸 gasiggqaiþ	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌴𐌹𐌸 gasuggqeiþ	—
3rd plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 gasiggqaina	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 gasuggqeina	—
Imperative
2nd singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵 gasiggq
3rd singular	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿 gasiggqadau
2nd dual	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐍄𐍃 gasiggqats
2nd plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌹𐌸 gasiggqiþ
3rd plural	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 gasiggqandau
	Present	Past
Participles	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 gasiggqands	𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽𐍃 gasuggqans

Related terms

• 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (dissigqan, “to set upon”)
• 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰 (saggqa, “west”)
• 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saggqjan, “to plunge”)
• 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan, “to sink”)

See also

• 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “Sun”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 119