πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπƒ

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Gothic

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Etymology

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From *πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ° (*baira) +‎ πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπƒ (bagms), literally β€œbear-tree”.[1][2] (compare Swedish bjΓΆrnbΓ€r (β€œblackberry”, literally β€œbear-berry”)), though Lehmann (1986) mentions the possibility that the first element may be folk-etymologically altered from Proto-Indo-European *bΚ°ers- (β€œpoint, tip”) and/or from a word related to πŒ±πŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒΆπŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πƒ (barizeins, β€œmade from barley”) (compare Old Norse barr (β€œleaf of a conifer; barley”)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbΙ›.raˌbaΙ‘ms/, [ˈbΙ›.raˌbaΙ£ms]

Noun

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πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπƒ β€’ (bairabagmsm

  1. (hapax) sycamine
    • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 17:6:
      𐌡𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 π†π‚πŒ°πŒΏπŒΎπŒ°: 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽 πƒπ…πŒ΄ πŒΊπŒ°πŒΏπ‚πŒ½π‰ πƒπŒΉπŒ½πŒ°π€πŒΉπƒ, 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 πŒΎπŒΏπƒ 𐌡𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌳𐌿 πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπŒ° 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰: πŒΏπƒπŒ»πŒ°πŒΏπƒπŒ΄πŒΉ 𐌸𐌿𐌺 πŒΏπƒ π…πŒ°πŒΏπ‚π„πŒΉπŒΌ 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒΏπƒπƒπŒ°π„πŒ΄πŒΉ 𐌸𐌿𐌺 𐌹𐌽 πŒΌπŒ°π‚πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒ·πŒ°πŒΏπƒπŒΉπŒ³πŒ΄πŒ³πŒΉ 𐌸𐌰𐌿 πŒΉπŒΆπ…πŒΉπƒ.
      qaΓΎ ΓΎan frauja: jabai habaidΔ“deiΓΎ galaubein swΔ“ kaurnō sinapis, aiΓΎΓΎau jus qiΓΎeiΓΎ du bairabagma ΓΎamma: uslausei ΓΎuk us waurtim jah ussatei ΓΎuk in marein, jah andhausidΔ“di ΓΎau izwis.
      And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. (KJV).

Declension

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Only attested in the dative singular.

Masculine a-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπƒ
bairabagms
πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπ‰πƒ
bairabagmōs
Vocative πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌ
bairabagm
πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπ‰πƒ
bairabagmōs
Accusative πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌ
bairabagm
πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπŒ°πŒ½πƒ
bairabagmans
Genitive πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπŒΉπƒ
bairabagmis
πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπŒ΄
bairabagmΔ“
Dative πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπŒ°
bairabagma
πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ±πŒ°πŒ²πŒΌπŒ°πŒΌ
bairabagmam

Hypernyms

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Meronyms

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) β€œB8. *baira-bagms”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 56–57
  2. ^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (2012) β€œbaira-bagm-s”, in Gotisches etymologisches WΓΆrterbuch: Mit Einschluß der Eigennamen und der gotischen LehnwΓΆrter im Romanischen [Gothic Etymological Dictionary: Including Proper Names and Gothic Loanwords in Romance Languages] (Germanische Bibliothek 4; 8) (in German), 2 edition, Heidelberg: UniversitΓ€tsverlag Winter, β†’ISBN, page 11

Further reading

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