𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δαμιανός (Damianós); compare English Damian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdam.ja.nus/

Proper noun

𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃 • (damjanus) m

1. a male given name
   • From the Mangup inscriptions, 9th/10th century:

     𐍆[𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾?]𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌸𐌴𐌹[𐌽𐌹𐍃?]
     𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰[𐌽𐌰?]𐌿𐍃 𐌿𐍃𐍅[𐌴?]𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲[𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌼??]
     𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂[𐌷?]𐍄𐌹𐍃 ..

     f[rauj?]ahilpskalkisþei[nis?]
     damja[na?]us usw[e?]inag[ardjam??]
     jahfrawaur[h?]tis ..

     Lord, help your servant
     Damia[n] from the vineyards(?)
     And the sinner ..

     𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂[𐌷?]𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 ..

     jahfrawaur[h?]tisdamjan ..

     And the sinner Damian ..

Declension

Attested twice as genitive singular in the newly discovered 9th/10th century inscriptions from Mangup, Crimea (see references). There are lacunae in both attestations (see quotations above).

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃 damjanus	—
Vocative	𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿 damjanau	—
Accusative	𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿 damjanu	—
Genitive	𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 damjanaus	—
Dative	𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿 damjanau	—

References

• А.Ю. Виноградов, М.И. Коробов, 'Готские граффити из Мангупской базилики', Средние века 76.3-4 (2015) 57-75.
• Korobov, M. and A. Vinogradov, 'Gotische Graffito-Inschriften aus der Bergkrim', Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur 145.2 (2016) 141-157.