𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (barnisks) +‎ -𐌴𐌹 (-ei)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbarniskiː/

Noun

𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹 • (barniskei) f

1. childish thing
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:11:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃, 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰, 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸, 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰; 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂, 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰.

     iþ þan was niuklahs, swē niuklahs rōdida, swē niuklahs frōþ, swē niuklahs mitōda; biþē warþ wair, barniskeins aflagida.

     When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (KJV)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹 barniskei	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 barniskeins
Vocative	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹 barniskei	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 barniskeins
Accusative	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽 barniskein	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 barniskeins
Genitive	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 barniskeins	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 barniskeinō
Dative	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽 barniskein	𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 barniskeim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 17