𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją, a compound word whose first element is equivalent to 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 (wein, “wine”). Cognates include German Weinbeere, English wineberry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.naˌba.si/

Noun

𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 • (weinabasi) n

2. grape (fruit)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 7.16:

     𐌱𐌹 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐍃. 𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌹 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐍆 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌼 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃?

     bi akranam izē ufkunnaiþ ins. ibiai lisand[a] af þaurnum weinabasja aiþþau af wigadeinōm smakkans?

     Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 6.44:

     𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄; 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰.

     ƕarjizuh raihtis bagmē us swēsamma akrana uskunþs ist; ni auk us þaurnum lisand[a] smakkans, nih þan us aiƕatundjai trudand[a] weinabasja.

     For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. (KJV).

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 weinabasi	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 weinabasja
Vocative	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 weinabasi	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 weinabasja
Accusative	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 weinabasi	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 weinabasja
Genitive	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌹𐍃 weinabasjis	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌴 weinabasjē
Dative	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 weinabasja	𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌼 weinabasjam

Hypernyms

• 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”)

Coordinate terms

• 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (smakka, “fig”)

See also

• 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (lisan, “to gather, collect”)
• 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan, “to tread, press”)
• 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 (wein, “wine”)
• 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (weinatriu, “vine”)

References

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 172