-eņš
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Latgalian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-eņš (feminine -eņa)
- Used to form diminutives of hard-stemmed masculine nouns.
- Used to form diminutives of hard-stemmed adjectives.
Usage notes
[edit]- Triggers ablaut in the stem: o > a, a > e, ā > ie, y > i.
- Triggers palatalisation of a preceding velar consonant: k > c, g > dz.
Declension
[edit]Declension of -eņš (type 1 noun)
Declension of -eņš (type 2 noun)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 26