𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅 (alēw) +‎ 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bagms).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.leː.waˌbaɡms/, [ˈa.leː.waˌbaɣms]

Noun

𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 • (alēwabagms) m

2. olive tree
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 19:37:

     𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐍃 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃, 𐌾𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐍄 𐌹𐌱𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴, 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌴 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌸𐍉𐌶𐌴 𐍃𐌴𐍈𐌿𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴,

     biþē þan is nēƕa was, juþan at ibdaljin þis fairgunjis alēwabagmē, dugunnun alakjō managei sipōnjē faginōndans hazjan guþ stibnai mikilai in allaizō þōzē sēƕun mahtē,

     And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; (KJV).

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Romans 11:17:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽, 𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌿 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍃𐍄 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍃𐍄,

     iþ jabai sumai þizē astē usbruknōdēdun, iþ þu wilþeis alēwabagms wisands intrusgiþs warst in ins jah gamains þizai waurhtai jah smairþra alēwabagmis warst,

     And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (KJV).

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 alewabagms	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍉𐍃 alewabagmōs
Vocative	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼 alewabagm	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍉𐍃 alewabagmōs
Accusative	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼 alewabagm	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 alewabagmans
Genitive	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌹𐍃 alewabagmis	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 alewabagmē
Dative	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰 alewabagma	𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰𐌼 alewabagmam

Hypernyms

• 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bagms, “tree”)

Meronyms

• 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (asts, “branch”)
• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs, “leaf, foliage”)
• 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts, “root”)

Coordinate terms

• 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bairabagms, “sycamine”)
• 𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (peikabagms, “palm tree”)
• 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (smakkabagms, “fig tree, sycomore”)

See also

• 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅 (alēw, “oil”)
• 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂 (smairþr, “fatness”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A119. *alew”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 26
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 7