§§aes-?1] Pronouns 127 masc. nom. sing, of the third person, as OS. he, OHG. he beside er, he. The instr. sing, occurs in OS. hlu-đu, OHG. hiu-tu, today; OHG. hī-naht, to-night, § 288. jáins, that, yon, is declined like blinds (§ 226). The nom. ace. sing. neut. is always jáinata. § 289. silba, self; and sama, same; are declined like blinđa (§ 237). 5. Relative. § 27O. A relative pronoun proper did not exist in prim. Germanic. The separate Germanic languages expressed it in various ways. In O.Icel. it was generally expressed by the particles sem, es (later er) and the conjunction at, that; in OE. by the relative particle þe alone or in combination with the personal or the simple demonstrative pronoun; in OS. and OHG. generally by the simple demonstrative; and in Goth, by affixing to simple demonstrative or personal pronouns the particle ei (= Gr. «í, if; et-τα, then) which is originally the loc. sing, of the pronominal stem *e-, nom. *es; ace. *em (= O.Lat. em), gen. *e-so, instr. *e-smē, -ō = Goth, is, imma (§ 261). § 271. The relative pronoun of the third person is expressed by affixing the particle ei to the simple demonstrative sa, þata, so, and is declined as follows : SING. Masc. Neut. Fern. Norn, saei þatei sōei Ace. þanei þatei þōei Gen. þizei þizei þizōzei Dat. þammei þammei þlzáíel PLUR. Nom. þáíei þōei þōzei Ace. þanzei þōei þōzei Gen. þizēei þízēei *þizōei Dat. þáímei þáimei þáimei