Gothic

Conjunction

𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 • ‎(jabai)

1. if
   1. expressing a factual condition, with indicative verbs
      • Gothic Bible, John 13.32:

        𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌿 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰.‎

        jabai nu guþ hauhiþs ist in imma, jah guþ hauheiþ ina in sis jah suns hauhida ina.

        If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. (KJV)

   2. expressing a potential or hypothetical condition, with a present subjunctive in the protasis, and with an imperative or subjunctive in the apodosis
      • Gothic Bible, Matthew 5.29:

        𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍅𐍉 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌿𐌺, 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌲 𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀 𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃; 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌸𐌿𐍃 𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌴 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌶𐌴, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽.‎

        iþ jabai augō þein þata taihswō marzjai þuk, usstagg ita jah wairp af þus; batizō ist auk þus ei fraqistnai ains liþiwē þeinazē, jah ni allata leik þein gadriusai in gaiainnan.

        And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into ****. (KJV)

   3. expressing a counterfactual condition, with past subjunctives in both protasis and apodosis
      • Gothic Bible, Matthew 6.28-29:

        𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰: 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍀𐌹𐍃, 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌿𐌺 𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌿𐌺 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃.‎

        qaþ þan frauja: jabai habaidēdeiþ galaubein swē kaurnō sinapis, aiþþau jus qiþeiþ du bairabagma þamma: uslausei þuk us waurtim jah ussatei þuk in marein, jah andhausidēdi þau izwis.

        And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. (KJV)

2. whether
   • Gothic Bible, John 9.25:

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍉𐍆 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃: 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄, 𐌹𐌺 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄; 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄 𐌴𐌹 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃, 𐌹𐌸 𐌽𐌿 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰.‎

     þanuh andhōf jains: jabai frawaurhts ist, ik ni wait; þatain wait ei blinds was, iþ nu saiƕa.

     He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (KJV)