𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐍃

Gothic

Alternative forms

𐌶𐌰𐍇𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐍃 (zaxarias)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías), from Biblical Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /za.ka.ri.as/, (speculative) [ˈs̠a.ka.ri.as̠], [z̠a.kaˈri.as̠]^[1]

Proper noun

𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐍃 • (zakarias) m^[2]

Zacharias, a Hebrew priest, the father of John the Baptist.
- Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 1:5.^[3]:
  𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼 𐌷𐌴𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌰𐍃 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐍃, 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌼 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸.
  was in dagam hērōdēs þiudanis iudaias gudja namin zakarias, us afaram abijins, jah qeins is us dauhtrum aharōns, jah namō izōs aileisabaiþ.
  There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. (KJV).

Declension

Declines like a masculine ān-stem, compare for example 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta), in all attested forms but the nominative singular, which is irregular in mirroring its greek origin.^[4]

Loanword; irregular/mixed declension
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐍃 zakarias	—
Vocative	𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰 zakaria	—
Accusative	𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌽 zakarian	—
Genitive	𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌶𐌰𐍇𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌹𐌽𐍃 zakariins, zaxariins	—
Dative	—	—

References

^ /z/ does not appear in initial position in Gothic words natively, as it is the result of Verner's law alternation. If a monolingual Gothic speaker would have pronounced the z in words of the type Zakarias as voiced or otherwise distinct from /s/ is unclear.

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Particularly: “distribution and phonetics of Gothic /z/”

^ Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 180
^ [1] Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
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The vocative, which is not usually distinct from the nominative in native ān-stem nouns,
- 2019, Miller, D. Gary, “The nominal system, 3.3 Noun inflection”, in The Oxford Gothic Grammar‎^[2], →ISBN, page 61:
  cf. atta 'father; God' attested in all cases:[…] No vocative is recognized by Snædal, but it is atta, identical to the nominative,
is here, so that nominative, accusative and vocative all appear very similar to their Greek equivalent. The Gothic genitive 𐌶𐌰𐍇𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌹𐌽𐍃 renders both ζαχαρίου and ζαχαρίαν from the Greek Vorlage.

[1] /z/ does not appear in initial position in Gothic words natively, as it is the result of Verner's law alternation. If a monolingual Gothic speaker would have pronounced the z in words of the type Zakarias as voiced or otherwise distinct from /s/ is unclear.

This section or entry lacks references or sources. Please help verify this information by adding appropriate citations. You can also discuss it at the Tea Room.
Particularly: “distribution and phonetics of Gothic /z/”

[2] Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 180

[3] [1] Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

[4] The vocative, which is not usually distinct from the nominative in native ān-stem nouns,
2019, Miller, D. Gary, “The nominal system, 3.3 Noun inflection”, in The Oxford Gothic Grammar‎^[2], →ISBN, page 61:
cf. atta 'father; God' attested in all cases:[…] No vocative is recognized by Snædal, but it is atta, identical to the nominative,
is here, so that nominative, accusative and vocative all appear very similar to their Greek equivalent. The Gothic genitive 𐌶𐌰𐍇𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌹𐌽𐍃 renders both ζαχαρίου and ζαχαρίαν from the Greek Vorlage.

[5] 2019, Miller, D. Gary, “The nominal system, 3.3 Noun inflection”, in The Oxford Gothic Grammar‎^[2], →ISBN, page 61:
cf. atta 'father; God' attested in all cases:[…] No vocative is recognized by Snædal, but it is atta, identical to the nominative,

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