§ 121. In Gothic, as in all other Germanic languages, adjectivs hav two
kinds of inflection, the +strong+ and the +weak+. The strong inflection
is the original one corresponding to that of the cognate languages,
the weak originated on Germanic soil. Every normal adj. may hav both a
strong and a weak inflection. The distinction is a syntactic one: the
+weak+ form is employd after the articl (rarely in other positions),
the +strong+ form in all other cases, especially when the adj. is uzed
predicativly, or attributivly without the articl. Cp. Zs. fda., 18,
17-43.