π„π…πŒ°πŒΉ π„πŒΉπŒ²πŒΎπŒΏπƒ πŒΈπŒΏπƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒΎπ‰

Gothic
Gothic numbers (edit)
 β†  10,000 20,000
2,000
    Cardinal: π„π…πŒ°πŒΉ π„πŒΉπŒ²πŒΎπŒΏπƒ πŒΈπŒΏπƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒΎπ‰ (twai tigjus ΓΎusundjō)

Etymology

Literally β€œtwenty of thousands”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtwɛː ˈtiΙ‘.jus ˈθuː.sund.joː/, [ˈtwɛː ˈtiΙ£.jus ˈθuː.sund.joː]

Noun

π„π…πŒ°πŒΉ π„πŒΉπŒ²πŒΎπŒΏπƒ πŒΈπŒΏπƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒΎπ‰ β€’ (twai tigjus ΓΎΕ«sundjō) m pl

  1. (hapax) twenty thousand (cardinal number)
    • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 14.31:[1]
      𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 πˆπŒ°πƒ πŒΈπŒΉπŒΏπŒ³πŒ°πŒ½πƒ πŒ²πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ πƒπ„πŒΉπŒ²πŒ΅πŒ°πŒ½ π…πŒΉπŒΈπ‚πŒ° πŒ°πŒ½πŒΈπŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒ½πŒ° 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 π…πŒΉπŒ²πŒ°πŒ½ <𐌹>𐌽𐌰, 𐌽𐌹𐌿 πŒ²πŒ°πƒπŒΉπ„πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ π†πŒ°πŒΏπ‚πŒΈπŒΉπƒ 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸, πƒπŒΉπŒ°πŒΉπŒΏ πŒΌπŒ°πŒ·π„πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ²πƒ 𐌼𐌹𐌸 π„πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πŒΏπŒ½ πŒΈπŒΏπƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒΎπ‰πŒΌ πŒ²πŒ°πŒΌπ‰π„πŒΎπŒ°πŒ½ 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌸 π„π…πŒ°πŒΉπŒΌ π„πŒΉπŒ²πŒΏπŒΌ πŒΈπŒΏπƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒΎπ‰ 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰 πƒπŒΉπŒΊ?
      aiΓΎΓΎau Ζ•as ΓΎiudans gaggands stigqan wiΓΎra anΓΎarana ΓΎiudan du wigan <i>na, niu gasitands faurΓΎis ΓΎankeiΓΎ, siaiu mahteigs miΓΎ taihun ΓΎusundjōm gamōtjan ΓΎamma miΓΎ twaim tigum ΓΎusundjō 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)

Usage notes

The highest of all attested Gothic numbers.

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of β€œtwo decades of thousands”; as such, the numeral π„π…πŒ°πŒΉ (twai) and the nouns π„πŒΉπŒ²πŒΎπŒΏπƒ (tigjus) are both declined, and the noun πŒΈπŒΏπƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒΎπ‰πƒ (ΓΎΕ«sundjōs) is in the genitive case.

References
  1. Luke chapter 14 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
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