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-𐌿
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𐌿
Gothic
Etymology
Possibly from got gem-pro *-u, from Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *-we or. got
Particle
got particle interrogative enclitic clitics
Added to the end of a word in a phrase (usually the first word) to make it a question.
Gothic Bible, Galatians 3:2:
got 𐌿𐌶𐌿 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰𐌽 𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌿𐌶𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃? [was it] from [the] works of [the] law [you] took [the] spirit or from [the] hearing of [the] faith?
Usage notes
This suffix is used when asking yes/no questions or to present a binary choice between two options. It is a sentence clitic and is always attached after the first word in a clause.
If the first word begins with a prefix, the clitic is attached after that prefix along with other sentence particles following it, as in got 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐍄𐍃.