diftongs
Danish
Noun
diftongs c
Latvian
Etymology
A borrowing, via some other European language, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).
Noun
diftongs m (1st declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (sequence of two different vowels pronounced in one syllable)
- diftonga komponenti ― diphthong components
Declension
Declension of diftongs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | diftongs | diftongi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | diftongu | diftongus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | diftonga | diftongu |
| dative (datīvs) | diftongam | diftongiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | diftongu | diftongiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | diftongā | diftongos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | diftong | diftongi |