-๐ฟ
See also: ๐ฟ
Gothic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Germanic *-u, from Proto-Indo-European *-wฤ~*-we (โorโ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Particle
[edit]-๐ฟ โข (-u) (interrogative enclitic)
- Added to the end of a word in a phrase (usually the first word) to make it a question.
- Gothic Bible, Galatians 3:2:
- [โฆ] ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ณ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐น๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ด๐น๐ฝ๐ฐ๐น๐?
- [โฆ] uzu waurstwam witลdis ahman nฤmuรพ รพau uzu gahauseinai galaubeinais?
- [was it] from [the] works of [the] law [you] took [the] spirit or from [the] hearing of [the] faith?
- Gothic Bible, Galatians 3:2:
Usage notes
[edit]- This suffix is used when asking yes/no questions or to present a binary choice between two options. It is a sentence clitic and is always attached after the first word in a clause.
- If the first word begins with a prefix, the clitic is attached after that prefix along with other sentence particles following it, as in ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐พ๐ฐ๐๐ (gaulaubjats).