ubi dicit. genuit .j. ponitur ubi gabriel .g. ponunt et alia his sim̅ ubi aspiratione . ut dicitur gah libeda jah libaida diptongon ai pro e longa p ch q ponunt.—Cp. [§ 1], n. 5, and, for explanation, especially Kirchhoff, p. 20 et seq.
CHAP. II. THE VOWELS.
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§ [3]. The Gothic a signifies as a rule the short a-sound [as in G. mann].
Note 1. Foren words and names; as, Annas, Ἀννας; Akaja, Ἀχαΐα; barbarus, βάρβαρος; aggilus, ἄγγελος; karkara, carcer; lukarn, lucerna; Kafarnaum, Καπερναούμ.
Note 2. Gothic names: Athanaricus, Ariaricus, Amalafrigda (Ammian.)
§ [4]. Short a is very frequent both in stem-syllabls and in inflection. E. g.
(a) Stem-syllabls: agis, aw; aljis, 'alius'; tagr, tear; aƕa, 'aqua'; alan, to grow; hafjan, to heav; saltan, to salt; haldan, to hold; waldan, to rule; fadar, father; staþs, place.—ahtau, 'octo'; gasts, guest; ƕaþar, 'uter'; awistr, sheepfold (OHG. au, 'ovis'; ahd. gr., [§ 219], n. 3); bandi, band; barn, child; saggws, song; all preterits of the III.-V. ablaut-series: bar, I bore; hlaf, I stole; band, I bound; gaf, I gave, etc.
(b) Inflections: daga (dat. sg., [§ 90]), waúrda (nom. acc. pl., [§ 93]), giba (nom. acc. sg., [§ 96]), guma (nom. sg., [§ 107]), haírtôna (nom. acc. pl., [§ 109]); —blindamma, blindana, blinda, blindata (str. adj., [§ 123]); —imma, ina, ita, ija, meina (prn.; [§ 150] et seq.); —nima (1st pers. sg. prs. ind.); nimaima, nimaiwa, nimaina (1st pers. pl. du. and 3d pers. pl. opt., [§ 170]); haitada (medio-passiv, [§ 170]); sôkida (weak prt., [§ 184]); —adverbs: -ba (as, glaggwuba), nêƕa, inna, ana, waíla, etc.