𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz, whence also Old English stān (English stone, Scots stane), Old Frisian stēn, Old High German stein (German Stein), Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ) (Old Norse steinn). Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-.

Noun

𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 • (stains) m

1. stone

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 stains	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐍃 stainōs
Vocative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 stain	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐍃 stainōs
Accusative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 stain	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 stainans
Genitive	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 stainis	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 stainē
Dative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 staina	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼 stainam

Derived terms

• 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 (stainahs, “rocky, stony”)
• 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (stainjan, “to pelt with stones”)
• 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (waihstastains, “cornerstone, quoin”)

Related terms

• 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (staineins, “stonen, made of stone”)