Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -ō-
porch, portico
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *ubeswō, *ubezwō; OE efes “eaves of a house, edge of a roof“ (Mod E eaves); O Fris ōse “gutter”; OHG obasa, opasa “forecourt, hall”; O Icel ups “eaves”]
Concordance
ubizwai - Dat, sing - Jhn. X, 23
Paradigm
1.1.2. (a)
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nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
giba
(gift) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | giba | gibōs |
| genitive | gibōs | gibō |
| dative | gibai | gibōm |
| accusative | giba | gibōs |
The declension of several nouns ending in -wa (frijaþwa (love); triggwa (faithfulness; covenant); bandwa (sign); fijaþwa (hatred, enmity); ubizwa (porch, portico); wulwa (robbery)) is identical to that of [-o-] stem nouns. These nouns are sometimes sub-categorized as the [-wo-] stem subtype of the [-o-] stem declension of Gothic nouns.
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