𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-) + Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fraˈatjan/

Verb

𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (fraatjan)

1. to bestow to feed, to distribute as food
   • 1 Corinthians 13:3:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌿 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿, 𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 ⟨𐌽𐌹⟩ 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿, 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐍉𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌿.

     jah jabai fraatjau allōs aihtins meinōs, jah jabai atgibau leik mein ei gabrannjaidau, iþ friaþwa ⟨ni⟩ habau, ni waiht bōtōs mis taujau.

     And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. (KJV)

Conjugation

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 fraatjan
Indicative	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰 fraatja	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 fraatida	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 fraatjada
2nd singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌹𐍃 fraatjis	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐍃 fraatidēs	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌶𐌰 fraatjaza
3rd singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌹𐌸 fraatjiþ	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 fraatida	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 fraatjada
1st dual	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 fraatjōs	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿 fraatidēdu	—
2nd dual	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐍄𐍃 fraatjats	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐍄𐍃 fraatidēduts	—
1st plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼 fraatjam	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌼 fraatidēdum	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 fraatjanda
2nd plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌹𐌸 fraatjiþ	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌸 fraatidēduþ	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 fraatjanda
3rd plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 fraatjand	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 fraatidēdun	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 fraatjanda
Subjunctive	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌿 fraatjau	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌿 fraatidēdjau	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 fraatjaidau
2nd singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍃 fraatjais	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 fraatidēdeis	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌿 fraatjaizau
3rd singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹 fraatjai	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹 fraatidēdi	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 fraatjaidau
1st dual	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 fraatjaiwa	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰 fraatidēdeiwa	—
2nd dual	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 fraatjaits	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 fraatidēdeits	—
1st plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 fraatjaima	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 fraatidēdeima	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 fraatjaindau
2nd plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌸 fraatjaiþ	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌸 fraatidēdeiþ	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 fraatjaindau
3rd plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 fraatjaina	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 fraatidēdeina	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 fraatjaindau
Imperative
2nd singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 fraatei
3rd singular	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿 fraatjadau
2nd dual	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐍄𐍃 fraatjats
2nd plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌹𐌸 fraatjiþ
3rd plural	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 fraatjandau
	Present	Past
Participles	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 fraatjands	𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌸𐍃 fraatiþs

Further reading

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