-ēns
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas.
Suffix
[edit]-ēns
- Forms masculine nouns for young animals
- Forms masculine nouns meaning “son of”
- Forms diminutives
- Forms names of the inhabitants of the place names
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ēns | -ēni |
| genitive | -ēna | -ēnu |
| dative | -ēnam | -ēniem |
| accusative | -ēnu | -ēnus |
| instrumental | -ēnu | -ēniem |
| locative | -ēnā | -ēnos |
| vocative | -ēn | -ēni |