𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃

Gothic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfulliθs/

Etymology 1

From 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan) +‎ -𐌸𐍃 (-þs).

Noun

𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃 • (fulliþs) f

1. fullness
   • Mark 4:28:

     𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐍉 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌸: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌷 𐌰𐌷𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌷 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰.

     silbō auk airþa akran bairiþ: frumist gras, þaþrōh ahs, þaþrōh fulleiþ kaurnis in þamma ahsa.

     For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn [in Gothic literally ‘the fullness of the corn’] in the ear. (KJV)

2. (in the plural) new moon festival; Rosh Chodesh
   • Colossians 2:16:

     𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌽𐌿 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌺𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌼

     ni manna nu izwis bidōmjai in mata aiþþau in draggka aiþþau in dailai dagis dulþais aiþþau fulliþē aiþþau sabbatum

     Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days (KJV)

Usage notes

Neither the gender, nor the declension class, nor the quantity of the vowel of the second syllable is known for sure. The only attested forms are the accusative singular 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸 (fulleiþ) (spelled to suggest long /iː/ in the second syllable) and genitive plural 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌴 (fulliþē) (spelled to suggest short /i/ in the second syllable). The analysis as a feminine i-stem is based on the assumption that the word contains the Proto-Germanic suffix *-þiz, which when added to the verb stem *fullj- would presumably have given *fulliþiz.

The sense “new moon festival” (translating Ancient Greek νεομηνία (neomēnía)) is surprising, as one might expect a word derived from 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan) to refer to the full moon rather than the new moon. Perhaps the sense is the completion of a month.

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃 fulliþs	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 fulliþeis
Vocative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸 fulliþ	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 fulliþeis
Accusative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸 fulliþ	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃 fulliþins
Genitive	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃 fulliþais	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌴 fulliþē
Dative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌹 fulliþai	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌼 fulliþim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 40

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃 • (fulliþs)

1. past participle of 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan)

Declension

A-stem
Strong (indefinite) inflection
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃 fulliþs	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰 fullida	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸, 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐍄𐌰 fulliþ, fullidata
Accusative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 fullidana	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰 fullida	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸, 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐍄𐌰 fulliþ, fullidata
Genitive	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌹𐍃 fullidis	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 fullidaizōs	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌹𐍃 fullidis
Dative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 fullidamma	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 fullidai	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 fullidamma
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 fullidai	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 fullidōs	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰 fullida
Accusative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 fullidans	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍃 fullidōs	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰 fullida
Genitive	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 fullidaizē	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉 fullidaizō	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 fullidaizē
Dative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼 fullidaim	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼 fullidaim	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼 fullidaim
Weak (definite) inflection
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰 fullida	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉 fullidō	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉 fullidō
Accusative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 fullidan	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽 fullidōn	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉 fullidō
Genitive	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 fullidins	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 fullidōns	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 fullidins
Dative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌹𐌽 fullidin	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽 fullidōn	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌹𐌽 fullidin
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 fullidans	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 fullidōns	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰 fullidōna
Accusative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 fullidans	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 fullidōns	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰 fullidōna
Genitive	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 fullidanē	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍉 fullidōnō	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 fullidanē
Dative	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌼 fullidam	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌼 fullidōm	𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌼 fullidam