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πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰

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Gothic

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Germanic *kalkjΗ­ (β€œwhore”). Perhaps borrowed from Latin calx (β€œlime”) and remodeled after the genitive calcis, as Heinertz explains β€œ[...] slaves for sale had their feet covered with lime or chalk. β€” Terms for β€˜whore’ may be taken from β€˜slave, captive in war’”, which is reinforced by Lehmann.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰ β€’ (kalkjōf

  1. (hapax) whore, harlot
    • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 15:30:
      𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 πƒπŒ° πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΏπƒ πŒΈπŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πƒ, πƒπŒ°πŒ΄πŒΉ π†π‚πŒ΄π„ 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 πƒπ…πŒ΄πƒ 𐌼𐌹𐌸 πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒΌ, 𐌡𐌰𐌼, πŒΏπ†πƒπŒ½πŒ°πŒΉπƒπ„ 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 πƒπ„πŒΉπŒΏπ‚ 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽
      iΓΎ ΓΎan sa sunus ΓΎeins, saei frΔ“t ΓΎein swΔ“s miΓΎ kalkjōm, qam, ufsnaist imma stiur ΓΎana alidan
      But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. (KJV)

Declension

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Attested only in the dative plural, πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒΌ (kalkjōm). The lemma form is technically speaking ambiguous, as a dative plural kalkjōm could point to either a nominative singular kalkjō or kalki (compare 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 (bandi)). Dictionaries (Lehmann, KΓΆbler; see references) however typically lemmatize at kalkjō.

Feminine ōn-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰
kalkjō
πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒ½πƒ
kalkjōns
Vocative πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰
kalkjō
πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒ½πƒ
kalkjōns
Accusative πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒ½
kalkjōn
πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒ½πƒ
kalkjōns
Genitive πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒ½πƒ
kalkjōns
πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒ½π‰
kalkjōnō
Dative πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒ½
kalkjōn
πŒΊπŒ°πŒ»πŒΊπŒΎπ‰πŒΌ
kalkjōm

Derived terms

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References

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