𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.noːθs/

Noun

𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 • (mēnōþs) m

2. month (period into which a year is divided)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Book of Nehemiah (Codex Ambrosianus D) 6.15:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐍃𐍉 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 ·𐌴· 𐌾𐌰𐌷 ·𐌺· 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃, ·𐌽· 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 ·𐌱·

     jah ustauhana warþ sō baurgswaddjus ·ē· jah ·k· daga mēnōþis alulis, ·n· dagē jah ·b·

     So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 1.56:

     𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌼 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌳𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰.

     gastōþ þan mariam miþ izai swē mēnōþs þrins jah gawandida sik du garda seinamma.

     And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Epistle to the Galatians (Codex Ambrosianus A) 4.10:

     𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐌿𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌰𐌼.

     dagam witaiþ jah mēnōþum jah mēlam jah aþnam.

     Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. (KJV)

Declension

The genitive is only attested as the irregular form 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍃 (mēnōþis).

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 mēnōþs	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 mēnōþs
Vocative	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸 mēnōþ	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 mēnōþs
Accusative	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸 mēnōþ	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 mēnōþs
Genitive	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 mēnōþs	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐌴 mēnōþē
Dative	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸 mēnōþ	𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐌿𐌼 mēnōþum

Coordinate terms

• 𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌰𐌼 (aþnam, “years”)
• 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”)
• 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “time”)
• 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr, “year”)

Related terms

• 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “Moon”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “M49. mena”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 251
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 94