𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *niþjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nítyos; compare Sanskrit नित्य (nitya, “own, innate, native”). The -jis in the nominative singular results from morphological levelling with the oblique forms, as the expected outcome of *-jaz in Gothic following a consonant would otherwise have been *-is. Other examples of this development include 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis), 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis), 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis) and 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 (midjis).

Noun

𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 • (niþjis) m

1. kinsman, a male relative

Declension

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 niþjis	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 niþjōs
Vocative	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌹 niþi	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 niþjōs
Accusative	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌹 niþi	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 niþjans
Genitive	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 niþjis	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌴 niþjē
Dative	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰 niþja	𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌼 niþjam

Derived terms

• 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 (ganiþjis)

Related terms

• 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉 (niþjō, “kinswoman”)