𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰

Gothic

FWOTD – 9 April 2018

A page of the Gothic Bible from the Codex Argenteus, on purple parchment.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin membrāna; according to Miller, via Koine Greek μεμβράνα (membrána).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛmbrana/

Noun

𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 • (maimbrana) m

1. (hapax) parchment
   • Gothic Bible, Timothy II 4.13:

     𐌷𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌻 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐍄 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌿 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐍄𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃, 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     hakul þanei bilaiþ in trauadai at karpau qimands atbair jah bōkōs, þishun maimbranans.

     Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come—and the books, especially the parchments. (NKJV)

Declension

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 maimbrana	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 maimbranans
Vocative	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 maimbrana	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 maimbranans
Accusative	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 maimbranan	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 maimbranans
Genitive	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌽𐍃 maimbranins	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌴 maimbrananē
Dative	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌽 maimbranin	𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼 maimbranam

References

• Miller, D. Gary (2019) The Oxford Gothic Grammar, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3