𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌻

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌰𐌽𐌰- (ana-) +‎ *𐌵𐌰𐌻 (*qal, from a variant of Proto-Germanic *kwalō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanakʷal/

Noun

𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌻 • (anaqal)

1. (hapax) quiet
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Thessalonians 4:11:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌻 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌼, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌳𐌿𐌼, […]

     jah biarbaidjan anaqal jah taujan swēsa jah waurkjan handum izwaraim, swaswē jah izwis anabudum, […]

     And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; […] (KJV)

Usage notes

Found only in the accusative singular; from this form alone it is impossible to know whether this noun is a masculine or neuter a-stem or a masculine or feminine i-stem.

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 9