𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

Ultimately unknown,^[1]^[2] though the first element appears to be 𐌿𐌽- (un-, “un-”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈunˌbi.a.ri/

Noun

𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌹 • (unbiari) n

(hapax, derogatory) beast (violent/antisocial person)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Epistle to Titus (Codex Ambrosianus A) 1.12:^[3]
  𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 𐌹𐌶𐌴, 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌿𐍃: 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌴𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 𐌿(𐌽)𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰, 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐍉𐍃 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍉𐍃.
  qaþ auk sums izē, swēs izē praufētus: krētēs sinteinō liugnjans, ubila u(n)biarja, wambōs latōs.
  One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. (KJV)

Usage notes

This word translates θηρίον (thēríon), but is only used in an instance where human beings are described pejoratively as "beasts". When describing actual animals in a neutral sense, the word 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius) is used.

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Neuter ja-stem
	singular	plural
nominative	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌹 unbiari	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 unbiarja
vocative	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌹 unbiari	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 unbiarja
accusative	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌹 unbiari	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 unbiarja
genitive	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 unbiarjis	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌴 unbiarjē
dative	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 unbiarja	𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌼 unbiarjam

References

^ Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “U23. *un-biari”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 376: “Unexplained.”
^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (2012) “un-biari”, in Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch: Mit Einschluß der Eigennamen und der gotischen Lehnwörter im Romanischen [Gothic Etymological Dictionary: Including Proper Names and Gothic Loanwords in Romance Languages] (Germanische Bibliothek 4; 8) (in German), 2 edition, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 116: “dunkel.”
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