𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroːθrahans/

Noun

𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 • (brōþrahans) m pl

1. (hapax) brethren
   • Mark 12:20

     𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌵𐌴𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰.

     sibun brōþrahans wēsun; jah sa frumista nam qēn jah gaswiltands ni bilaiþ fraiwa.

     Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. (KJV)

Declension

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 brōþrahans
Vocative	—	𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 brōþrahans
Accusative	—	𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 brōþrahans
Genitive	—	𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌴 brōþrahanē
Dative	—	𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 brōþraham

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 23