170 Word-Formation [§§ 352-4 CHAPTER XV WORD-FORMATION § 352. By far the greater part of the word-forming elements, used in the parent language, were no longer felt as such in Gothic. In this chapter we shall chiefly confine ourselves to those word-forming elements which remained productive, such as prefixes and suffixes. NOUNS. § 353. Nouns may be divided into simple, derivative and compound. Examples of simple nouns are: abba, father; ahs, ear of grain ; áiþs, oath ; baárgs, city ; da gs, day ; fōtus, foot; fisks, fish ; gulþ, gold; haúrn, horn; híeila, time; juk, yoke; nahts, night; stains, stone; waúrd, word; wulfs, wolf. § 354. Derivative nouns are formed in a great variety of ways :— 1. From adjectives, as bráiđei, breadth; drugkanei, drunkenness; laggei, length ; managei, multitude; siukei, sickness (§212); mildiba, mildness; niujiþa, newness (§191); managdūþs, abundance (§ 199); manniskōdus, humanity ; barniski, childlwod. 2. By means of various suffixes most of which were no longer felt as such in Gothic, as fugls,yōa;/, bird; stikls, cup; tagl, hair; bagms, tree; máiþms, treasure; akrs, field; tagr, tear; brōbar, brother; daúhtar, daughter; figgrs, finger; baúrgja, citizen ; gudja, priest; fiskja, fisher; bōkareis, scribe; mōtareis, toll-taker ; lēkinassus, healing. Diminutives, as barnilō, little child; magula, little boy; mawiiō, little girl. 3. From strong verbs with and without a prefix, as