𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰

Gothic

FWOTD – 21 February 2024

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste”). Compare also Old Church Slavonic смокꙑ (smoky, “fig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmak.ka/

Noun

𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 • (smakka) m

2. fig (fruit)

   Hypernym: 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 7:16:

     𐌱𐌹 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐍃. 𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌹 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐍆 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌼 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃?

     bi akranam izē ufkunnaiþ ins. ibiai lisand[a] af þaurnum weinabasja aiþþau af wigadeinōm smakkans?

     Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 6:44:

     𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄; 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰.

     ƕarjizuh raihtis bagmē us swēsamma akrana uskunþs ist; ni auk us þaurnum lisand[a] smakkans, nih þan us aiƕatundjai trudand[a] weinabasja.

     For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 11:13:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌴𐍄𐌹 𐍈𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐍄 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍄 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆; 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐌻 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴.

     jah gasaiƕands smakkabagm fairraþrō habandan lauf atiddja, ei auftō bigēti ƕa ana imma; jah qimands at imma ni waiht bigat ana imma niba lauf; ni auk was mēl smakkanē.

     And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. (KJV)

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 smakka	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 smakkans
Vocative	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 smakka	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 smakkans
Accusative	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽 smakkan	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 smakkans
Genitive	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍃 smakkins	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴 smakkanē
Dative	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌹𐌽 smakkin	𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌼 smakkam

Derived terms

• 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (smakkabagms, “fig tree, sycamore”)

Descendants

• →? Proto-Slavic: *smoky

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 126