skandinieks
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A term coined at the end of the 18th century by Gotthard Friedrich Stender from skandin(āt) (“to sound, to resound”) + -nieks, which was later replaced by A. Kronvalds' coinage patskanis.[1]
Noun
[edit]skandinieks m (1st declension)
Declension
[edit]Declension of skandinieks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | skandinieks | skandinieki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | skandinieku | skandiniekus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | skandinieka | skandinieku |
| dative (datīvs) | skandiniekam | skandiniekiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | skandinieku | skandiniekiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | skandiniekā | skandiniekos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | skandiniek | skandinieki |
Synonyms
[edit]- patskanis
- vokālis
- (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skanis
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN