𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *regną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriɡn/

Noun

𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 • (rign) n

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 7.25:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍈𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍉𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌹𐌸 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     jah atiddja dalaþ rign jah qēmun aƕōs jah waiwōun windōs jah bistugqun bi þamma razna jainamma, jah ni gadraus, untē gasuliþ was ana staina.

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 7.27:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍈𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍉𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃.

     jah atiddja dalaþ rign jah qēmun aƕōs jah waiwōun windōs jah bistugqun bi jainamma razna, jah gadraus, jah was drus is mikils.

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (KJV).

Declension

Neuter a-stem

	singular	plural
nominative	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 rign	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌰 rigna
vocative	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 rign	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌰 rigna
accusative	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 rign	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌰 rigna
genitive	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌹𐍃 rignis	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌴 rignē
dative	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌰 rigna	𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌰𐌼 rignam

Coordinate terms

• 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 (þeiƕō, “thunder”)
• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 (lauhmuni, “lightning”)
• 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌼𐌰 (milhma, “cloud”)
• 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws, “snow”)
• 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”)
• 𐍅𐌹𐍃 (wis, “calm”)

Related terms

• 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rignjan, “to rain”)

See also

• 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō, “water”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 111