Gothic/Old

• Gothic/Verbs

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• Gothic/Phonology
• A|Stem
• Gothic/Neuter|A|Stem
• Gothic/Feminine|A|Stems
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• Gothic/Neuter|Weak

Phonology

Neuter Nouns

Neuter Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-zero	-a
Accusative	-zero	-a
Genitive	-is	-e
Dative	-a	-am

Neuter Article

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thata	tho
Accusative	thata	tho
Genitive	this	thize
Dative	thamma	thaim

Feminine Nouns

Feminine Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-a	-os
Accusative	-a	-os
Genitive	-os	-o
Dative	-ai	-om

Feminine article

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	so	thos
Accusative	tho	thos
Genitive	thizo	thizos
Dative	thizai	thaim

Examples

Masculine A-Stems

• aiths: oath
• asts: twig
• bagms: tree (cf. German Baum, English "beam" (of wood))
• laufs: leaf (Gothic au frequently = English ea)
• maithms: gift
• stains: stone (ai=o)
• winds: wind

Neuter A-Stems

Feminine A=Stems (so is the fem. definite article)

Weak Declensions

Weak nouns decline differently than strong nouns (hence the different name) and sometimes are more simple.

Weak Masculine

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-a	-ans
Accusative	-an	-ans
Genitive	-ins	-ane
Dative	-in	-am

Weak Neuter

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-o	-ona
Accusative	-o	-ona
Genitive	-ins	-ane
Dative	-in	-am

Examples

Masculine Weak

• sa atta: the father
• sa bloma: the flower (cf. "bloom")
• sa brunna: the well (in Old English this word became burna "stream", and is

  still used in river names ending in -bourn)

• sa fula: the foal
• sa galga: the cross (cf. "gallows")
• sa garda: the yard, the fold
• sa Guta: the Goth
• sa Austraguta: the Ostrogoth
• sa hana: the rooster (cf. "hen", which comes from the feminine of this noun, which originally meant "the singer")
• sa magula: the little boy
• sa matha: the worm
• sa mena: the moon
• sa milhma: the cloud
• sa skuggwa: the mirror
• sa sparwa: the sparrow
• sa sunna: the sun
• sa unhultha: the demon

Neuter Weak

• thata augadauro: the window
• thata auso: the ear
• thata barnilo: the little child
• thata hairto: the heart
• thata kaurno: the (single) grain
• thata sigljo: the seal (cf. Latin sigillum)
• thata thairko: the hole

But the Weak declensions are not all the same there exists a few irregulars. First the masculine irregulars:

Irregular

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	manna	mans
Accusative	mannan	mans/manans
Genitive	mans	manne
Dative	mann	mannam

Irregular

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	namo	namna
Accusative	namo	namna
Genitive	namins	namne
Dative	namin	namnam

NEXT TO COME: FEMININE WEAK NOUNS, NEUTER AND FEMININE STRONG A-STEM VOCABULARY ALSO.

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