§ 107. Paradim: =guma=, _man_.
Sing. N. =guma= Plur. N. =gumans=
G. =gumins= G. =gumanê=
D. =gumin= D. =gumam=
A. =guman= A. =gumans=
§ 108. Like =guma= inflect a great many masculins; e. g., =staua=,
_judge_; =hana=, _cock_; =skula=, _detter_; =mêna=, _moon_; =atta=,
_father_; =ahma=, _spirit_; =blôma=, _flower_; =milhma=, _cloud_;
=hliuma=, _hearing_; =weiha=, _priest_; =swaíhra=, _father-in-law_;
=magula=, _litl boy_; pl. =brôþrahans=, _brothers_ (J. Schmidt, 'Idg.
Neutra', 16); --=bandja=, _prisoner_; =haúrnja=, _trumpeter_; =fiskja=,
_fisher_; =timrja=, _carpenter_; =arbja=, _heir_; =wilja=, _wil_;
=manamaúrþrja=, _(man-)murderer_; =waúrstwja=, _workman_.
NOTE 1. =aba=, _man_, has the gen. pl. =abnê=, dat. pl. =abnam=;
of =aúhsa=, _ox_, occurs the gen. pl. =aúhsnê=. Cp. the neuters
in § 110, n. 1. Onse (I. Cor. IX, 9) we meet with the acc. pl.
=aúhsununs= which either stands for =aúhsuns= (according to § 80,
n. 1; cp. Anz. fda. 6, 120) or for =aúhsnuns= (Beitr., 8, 115; 12,
543; Brgm., I, 203).
NOTE 2. The long stems in =-ja= do not contract the =ji= of the
gen. and dat. sg. into =ei= (s. § 44, n. 1); hense, =bandja=, gen.
=bandjins=, dat. =bandjin=.