𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉

Gothic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛr.koː/

Noun

𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 • (þairkō) n

1. eye (hole at the end of a needle through which thread is passed)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 18.25:

     𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽.

     raþizō allis ist ulbandau þairh þairkō nēþlōs þairhleiþan þau gabigamma in þiudangardja gudis galeiþan.

     For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 10.25:

     𐌰𐌶𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽, 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽.

     azitizō ist ulbandau þairh þairkō nēþlōs galeiþan, þau gabigamma in þiudangardja gudis galeiþan.

     It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (KJV).

Declension

Neuter an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 þairkō	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌰 þairkōna
Vocative	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 þairkō	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌰 þairkōna
Accusative	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 þairkō	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌰 þairkōna
Genitive	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍃 þairkins	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌴 þairkanē
Dative	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌹𐌽 þairkin	𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌼 þairkam

Holonyms

• 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla, “sewing needle”)

See also

• 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “patch”)
• 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (siujan, “to sew”)
• 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰 (snaga, “garment”)
• 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰 (fana, “piece of cloth”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 144