๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐‰

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Gothic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *watลr, the stem of which alternated between ending in -r and -n. Note that the stem in Gothic has undergone some changes, losing the final -r in the nominative and accusative singular (presumably to resemble the inflection of neuter an-stem nouns more closely). The contracted plurals, however, are preserved. Gothic also preserves the alternate -n stem for the oblique cases; this contrasts with both the West Germanic languages, which instead regularized the -r stem (cf. Old English wรฆter, genitive wรฆteres), and the North Germanic languages, which extended the -n stem to the nominative and accusative cases (cf. Old Norse vatn).

Noun

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๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐‰ โ€ข (watลn

  1. water

Declension

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Neuter an-stem, contraction in plural
Singular Plural
Nominative ๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐‰
watล
*๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐Œฝ๐Œฐ
*watna
Vocative ๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐‰
watล
*๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐Œฝ๐Œฐ
*watna
Accusative ๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐‰
watล
*๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐Œฝ๐Œฐ
*watna
Genitive ๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐Œน๐Œฝ๐ƒ
watins
*๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐Œฝ๐Œด
*watnฤ“
Dative ๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐Œน๐Œฝ
watin
๐…๐Œฐ๐„๐Œฝ๐Œฐ๐Œผ
watnam