Part of speech: adjective, comparative degree
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *bat- n “benefit, advantage; good” + *-iz- suff; OE betera, betra, bettra (Mod E better); O Fris betera, betere; O Sax betara; Dt beter; OHG bezziro (Mod G besser); O Icel betri, betra (Mod Icel betri);
superl ← Prot-Germ *batistaz ← *bat- n + *-ist- suff; OE betost, betast, best (Mod E best); O Fris betsta, besta; O Sax betst, best; Dt best; OHG bezzisto (Mod G best); O Icel beztr, baztr (Mod Icel beztur)]
superl ← Prot-Germ *batistaz ← *bat- n + *-ist- suff; OE betost, betast, best (Mod E best); O Fris betsta, besta; O Sax betst, best; Dt best; OHG bezzisto (Mod G best); O Icel beztr, baztr (Mod Icel beztur)]
Concordance
batista - superl, Nom, sing, masc - Luk. I, 3
batizans - compar, Nom, pl, masc - Matth. X, 3
batizo - compar, Nom, sing, neut - Matth. V, 29; V, 30; Luk. V, 39 etc
batizans - compar, Nom, pl, masc - Matth. X, 3
batizo - compar, Nom, sing, neut - Matth. V, 29; V, 30; Luk. V, 39 etc
Paradigm
2.2. (a)
weak declension of adjectives
blinda
(blind) |
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singular number | |||
masculine gender | neuter gender | feminine gender | |
nominative | blinda | blindō | blindō |
genitive | blindins | blindins | blindōns |
dative | blindin | blindin | blindōn |
accusative | blindan | blindō | blindōn |
plural number | |||
masculine gender | neuter gender | feminine gender | |
nominative | blindans | blindōna | blindōns |
genitive | blindanē | blindanē | blindōnō |
dative | blindam | blindam | blindōm |
accusative | blindans | blindōna | blindōns |
Present participles of Goth vebs mainly followed this same pattern of declension.
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