𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/

Proper noun

𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰 • (asia) f

2. Asia (province of Roman empire)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Corinthians 16:19:

     𐌲𐍉𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍃. 𐌲𐍉𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 𐌰𐌺𐍅𐌻𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍀𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌽 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌻𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉𐌽, 𐌰𐍄 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰.

     gōljand izwis aikklēsjōns asiais. gōleiþ izwis in fraujin filu akwla jah priska miþ ingardjōn seinai aikllēsjōn, at þaimei jah salja.

     The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. (KJV).

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 2 Corinthians 1:8:

     𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃, 𐌱𐌹 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌰 𐌸𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌹, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌿 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌼 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽.

     untē ni wileima izwis unweisans, brōþrjus, bi aglōn unsara þō waurþanōn uns in asiai, untē ufarassau kauridai wēsum ufar maht, swaswē skamaidēdina uns jah liban.

     For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: (KJV).

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 2 Timothy 1:15:

     𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌰𐍆 𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌹, 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐍆𐍅𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃.

     waist þatei afwandidēdun sik af mis allai þaiei sind in asiai, þizēei ist fwgailus jah hairmaugaineis.

     This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. (KJV).

Declension

Only attested in the genitive and dative, which are identical to those of the i-stems. The dative is similar to that of the Greek first declension, and it is usually assumed that the nominative was identical to that of Greek. 𐌰𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌹𐌰 (antiaukia), 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌰 (galatia), 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌰 (dalmatia), 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌰 (kileikia), and 𐍃𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌰 (swria) appear to have declined similarly.

Loanword; irregular/mixed declension
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰 *asia	—
Vocative	—	—
Accusative	—	—
Genitive	𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍃 asiais	—
Dative	𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌹 asiai	—

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 13