𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃

Gothic

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	20,000
←  1,000	2,000	4,000  →
	200
Cardinal: 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (twōs þusundjōs)

Etymology

Literally “two thousands”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwoːs ˈθuː.sund.joːs/

Noun

𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 • (twōs þūsundjōs) f pl

2. (hapax) two thousand (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 5.13:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐍉 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐍃𐍉 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍉𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽; 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽.

     jah uslaubida im iēsus suns. jah usgaggandans ahmans þai unhrainjans galiþun in þō sweina, jah rann sō hairda and driusōn in marein; wēsunuþ-þan swē twōs þusundjōs, jah afƕapnōdēdun in marein.

     And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. (KJV)

Usage notes

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “two thousands”; as such, the numeral 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai) and the noun 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (þūsundjōs) are both declined, and the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

Related terms

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai, “two”)
• 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (þūsundi, “thousand”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “T41. twai”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 350–351
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 142