𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz and akin to Old English twēntiġ and Old Norse tuttugu. Contrast Crimean Gothic stega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɛː ˈtiɡ.jus/, [ˈtwɛː ˈtiɣ.jus]

𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 • (twai tigjus) m pl

1. (hapax) twenty (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 14.31:[1]

     𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍈𐌰𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 <𐌹>𐌽𐌰, 𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸, 𐍃𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌿 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌼 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌺?

     aiþþau ƕas þiudans gaggands stigqan wiþra anþarana þiudan du wigan <i>na, niu gasitands faurþis þankeiþ, siaiu mahteigs miþ taihun þusundjōm gamōtjan þamma miþ twaim tigum þusundjō gaggandin ana sik?

     Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? (KJV)

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

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (twai tigjus þūsundjō, “twenty thousand”)

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai, “two”)
• 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “decade”)

• 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