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* Many adjective endings in Valthungian have been replaced by borrowings from Latin over the course of many centuries, but even before this happened, there was a distinct difference between Griutungi and Wulfilian Gothic in the “-gaz” adjectives. In Gothic, ''-gs'' is preceded by the stem vowel of the noun from which is it derived, i.e. ''-ags'' (e.g. ''manags''), ''-eigs'' (e.g. ''sunjeigs''), and ''-ugs'' (e.g. ''handugs''). Even accounting for later Latin influences, it is likely that Griutungi formed these with an ija-stem rather than an a-stem; i.e. ''-agīs'' (e.g. ''managīs''), ''-igīs'' (''sunīgīs''), and ''-ugīs'' (e.g. ''handugīs''). While the a-stem ending remains in modern [[Valthungian]], it is often further modified by a Latin affix (e.g. Gothic ''audags''/Griutungi ''ǭdagīs'' → Valthungian ''ǭðag'''al'''is''), while the i-stems have been completely replaced by the Latin ''-icus''.