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[§ 286

Preterite,

INDIC.

SUBJ.

Sing. i. nam haíháit nēmjáu 2. natnt haíháist nēmeis 3. nam haíháit nēmi '. Dual i. nēmu haíháitu nēmeiwa 1 2. nēmuts haíháituts nēmeíts '. Plur. i. nēmum haíháitum nēmeima 1 2. nēmuþ haíháituþ nēmeiþ '. 3. nēmun haíháitun nēmeina 1 PARTICIPLE. numans háitans

haíháitjáu haíháitels haíhálti haíháitelwa haíháiteits haíháiteima haíháiteiþ haíháitelna

b. Passive. Present.

INDIC. Sing. i. nlmađa háitada

SUBJ. nimáidáu háitáiđáu nimáizáu háitáizáu nimáidáu háitáidáu

háitaza háitada

2. nimaza 3. nimađa

Plur. i, 2, 3

nimanđa háitanđa nhnáindáu háitáindáu

NOTE.—i. Owing to the limited amount of Gothic which has come down to us, there is not a single verb extant in all its forms. Of most verbs only very few forms occur, and of many only one or two. The forms wanting in the paradigms of niman and háitan have been supplied from the extant forms of other verbs. The first pers. dual pret. subj. does not occur at all, either in strong or weak verbs, but it may be inferred to have been nēm-eiwa because of the corresponding present, nim-áiwa, 2. In the imperative a pers. sing, and pret. indie, i, 3 pers. sing., final b, đ became f, b, as imper. gif, pret. gaf, inf. giban, to give; pret. af-skáuf, bab, -báub, inf. af-skiuban, to push aside; biđjan, to pray; -biuđan, to bid. See §§ 161,173, 3. In the 2 pers. sing. pret. indie., b appears as f, and a dental appears as s, before the personal ending, as gaft, inf. giban, to