𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *druziz (“a fall, decline”), a zero-grade derivation from the same root as *dreusaną (“to fall”).

Noun

𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 • (drus) m

1. a fall
   • Gothic Bible, Matthew 7.27:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍈𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍉𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃.

     jah atiddja dalaþ rign jah qēmun aƕōs jah waiwōun windōs jah bistugqun bi jainamma razna jah gadraus jah was drus is mikils.

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Declension

Masculine i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 drus	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃 druseis
Vocative	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 drus	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃 druseis
Accusative	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 drus	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌽𐍃 drusins
Genitive	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌹𐍃 drusis	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌴 drusē
Dative	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰 drusa	𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌼 drusim

Related terms

• 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (driusan, “to fall”)