Genitive form

[llama_nom]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at A...> wrote:
>
>   Is the genitive ending   is  always  the Genitive form in 
Gothic?  Is it ever es like the Heafdes in Old English?
> Le


Nouns which have the genitive ending -is in the singular have a 
different genitive ending in the plural.  Some Greek names in the 
Gothic bible can have -es in the genitive singular, e.g. Iohannes.  
Native Gothic nouns fall into a number of categories, each category 
having its own set of endings.  Not all of them have the genitive 
singular -is.  See for yourself [ 
http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/nouns.htm ].

N = Nominative
A = Accusative
G = Genitive
D = Dative

The Gothic scribes sometimes mix up the letters <ei> and <e> (and 
occasionally also <i>), in some sections of the bible more than 
others.  It's possible that this could lead to a genitive singular 
written -es, where the original spelling would have had <ei>.  I'm 
not sure if there is an example of that, but it wouldn't be 
surprising.  Apart from such instances, I don't think any native 
Gothic noun would normally be spelt with <es> in the genitive 
singular.  They wouldn't be listed this way in grammar books that 
use the regular spelling.  Some people believe that <ai> represented 
the monophthong /E:/ [ 
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/index.html ] in unstressed 
positions such as the genitive singular ending -ais.

Llama Nom





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