Gothic

Adjective

𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 • ‎(weihs)

1. holy, sacred

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wīhsą, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyḱs ‎(“house, settlement”). Cognates include Sanskrit विश् ‎(viś, “village, settlement, tribe”), वेशः ‎(veśáḥ, “inhabitant, neighbor”), Ancient Greek οἶκος ‎(oîkos), dialectal ϝοῖκος ‎(woîkos, “house, dwelling, fence, cage”), Latin vīcus ‎(“group of houses, village”).

Pronunciation

Noun

𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 • ‎(weihs) n

1. village
   • 4th century, Ulfilas, Bible, Mark 8:26:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹̈𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹̈𐌽𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐌹̈𐍃 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃: 𐌽𐌹 𐌹̈𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃, 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌹̈𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌷𐍃𐌰.‎

     jah ïnsandida ïna du garda ïs qiþands: ni ïn þata weihs gaggais, ni mannhun qiþais ïn þamma wēhsa.

     And he sent him away to his house, saying: do not go into the village, nor tell it to anyone in the village.

Declension