𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliːθiː/

Etymology 1

𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs) +‎ -𐌴𐌹 (-ei).

Noun

𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 • (bleiþei) f

1. pity, compassion, mercy
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 2 Corinthians 1:3:

     𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌹𐍃 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴

     þiuþiþs guþ jah atta fraujins unsaris iēsuis xristaus, atta bleiþeinō jah guþ allaizō gaþlaihtē

     Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Colossians 3:12:

     𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌸 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌽𐌿 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽⟨𐍃⟩, 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽

     gahamōþ izwis nu swē gawalidai gudis, weihans jah walisans, brusts bleiþein⟨s⟩, armahairtein, sēlein, haunein ahins, qairrein, usbeisnein

     Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering (KJV)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 bleiþei	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bleiþeins
Vocative	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 bleiþei	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bleiþeins
Accusative	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 bleiþein	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bleiþeins
Genitive	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bleiþeins	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 bleiþeinō
Dative	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 bleiþein	𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌼 bleiþeim

Related terms

• 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bleiþjan)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 • (bleiþei)

1. second-person singular imperative of 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bleiþjan)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 21