§§ 193-6] Declension of Nouns 91 § 103. b. jō-stems. SING. PLUR. Nom. banđi, band banđjōs Ace. bandja banđjōs Gen. banđjōs bandjō Dat. bandjál bandjōm Excepting the nom. sing, the prim. Germ, case endings were the same as those of the pure ō-stems. The nom. sing, was *&anđī, which regularly became banđi in Gothic. § 194. Like bandi are declined jō-stems which have a long stem-syllable, and those whose stems are polysyllabic, as frijōnđi, friend; fráistubni, temptation ; háiþi, field; háitl, command; mawi (gen. máujōs, § 160), maiden; biudangardi, kingdom; þiwl (gen. þiujōs, § 15O), maid servant; þusundí, thousand; wasti, clothing; wundufni, wound. 3. THE I-DECLENSION. § 195. The 1-declension contains only masculine and feminine nouns, and corresponds to the Lat. and Gr. i-declension (nom. Lat. -is, Gr. -is, ace. -im, -<.v). In the parent language the masc. and fern, i-stems were declined alike. In Gothic the nom. ace. voc. sing, regularly fell together with the a-declension (§ 170), which was the reason why the gen. and dat. sing, and probably also the gen. pi. of the masc. ncuns were re-formed after the analogy of the a-declension. § 196. a. Masculines. SING. PLUR. Norn, gasts, guest gasteis Voc. gast Ace. gast gastíns Gen. gastis gastē Dat. gasta gastim On the pi. forms see § 198.