𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)     Adverbial: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼 (sibun sinþam)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognate to Old English seofon and Crimean Gothic sevene, and Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bun/, [ˈsi.βun]

Numeral

𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 • (sibun)

2. seven (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 20.29:

     𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 𐌽𐌿 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃.

     sibun nu brōþrjus wēsun, jah sa frumista nimands qēn gadauþnōda unbarnahs.

     There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 8.5:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐍃: 𐍈𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐍃? 𐌹𐌸 𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽.

     jah frah ins: ƕan managans habaiþ hlaibans? iþ eis qēþun: sibun.

     And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 12.20:

     𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌵𐌴𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰.

     sibun brōþrahans wēsun; jah sa frumista nam qēn jah gaswiltands ni bilaiþ fraiwa.

     Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. (KJV).

Related terms

• 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (sibuntēhund, “seventy”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “S47. sibun”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 300-301
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 119