𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌸𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nuhΓΎan. By surface analysis, 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷 (nauh) +β€Ž 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (ΓΎan). Compare Old High German noh danne (β€œyet”), Old Saxon nohthan (β€œyet”), Dutch nochtans (β€œnevertheless”) and the similarly formed German dennoch (β€œanyhow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnΙ”hΞΈan/

Adverb

𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌸𐌰𐌽 β€’ (nauhΓΎan)

  1. still, yet
    • Luke 9:42a
      πŒΈπŒ°π‚πŒΏπŒ· 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌸𐌰𐌽 πŒ³πŒΏπŒ°π„πŒ²πŒ°πŒ²πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒΉπŒ½ 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰, πŒ²πŒ°πŒ±π‚πŒ°πŒΊ 𐌹𐌽𐌰 πƒπŒ° 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 π„πŒ°πŒ·πŒΉπŒ³πŒ°.
      ΓΎaruh nauhΓΎan duatgaggandin imma, gabrak ina sa unhulΓΎa jah tahida.
      And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. (KJV)

Derived terms
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