𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰

Gothic

**Gothic numbers ^(edit)**
	𐌷 8	9 →
Cardinal: 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau) Ordinal: 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰 (ahtuda)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtudô. Cognate to Old English eahtoþa and Old Norse átti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈah.tu.da/, [ˈah.tu.ða]

Adjective

𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰 • (ahtuda)

(hapax) the eighth
- 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 1:59:
  𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌽, 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌽.
  jah warþ in daga ahtudin, qēmun bimaitan þata barn jah haihaitun ina afar namin attins is zakarian.
  And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. (KJV).

Declension

N-stem, weak forms only
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰 ahtuda	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉 ahtudō	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉 ahtudō
Accusative	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 ahtudan	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽 ahtudōn	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉 ahtudō
Genitive	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 ahtudins	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 ahtudōns	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 ahtudins
Dative	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌽 ahtudin	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽 ahtudōn	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌽 ahtudin
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 ahtudans	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 ahtudōns	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰 ahtudōna
Accusative	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 ahtudans	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 ahtudōns	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰 ahtudōna
Genitive	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 ahtudanē	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍉 ahtudōnō	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 ahtudanē
Dative	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌼 ahtudam	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌼 ahtudōm	𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌼 ahtudam

Related terms

𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau, “eight”)
𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (ahtautēhund, “eighty”)
𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 (ahtaudōgs, “having lasted eight days, eight days old”)

Further reading

Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A59. ahtau”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12
Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 3

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