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•ata in the nom. ace. sing. neut. On the nom. sing. masc. unsar, &c., see § 175 : SING. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Masc. Nom. meins unsar Ace. meinana unsarana seinana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neut. Fern. mein, meinata meirsa unsar unsara mein, meinata meina unsar unsara sein, seinata seina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. Demonstrative. § 265. The simple demonstrative sa, þata, so was used both as demonstrative pronoun this, that, and as definite article, the. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SING. Neut. þata þata þis þamma PLUR. þō þō þizē þáim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Masc. Nom. sa Ace. þana Gen. þis Dat. þamma | Fern. so þō þizōs þizái | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nom. þái Ace. þans Gen. þizē Dat. þáim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
þōs þōs þizō þáim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the parent Indg. language the nom. sing. masc. and fem. was *so, *sā = Gr. 4, ή, Goth, sa, so. All the other cases of the sing, and pi. were formed from the stems te-, to·, toi-; tā-, tai·, as ace. sing. Gr. τον, τί\ν, Lat. is-tum. is-tam, Goth, þan-a, þō; nom. pi. Gr. τοί, ταί, Lat. is-tī, is-tae, Goth, þái, þōs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||