skuķēns

Latvian

From skuķis (“girl, young woman”) +‎ -ēns.

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skuķēns m (1st declension)

(colloquial) little girl
Ingūna vēl nevarēja lepoties ar briedumu, kas meitenes atšķir no skuķēniem ― Ingūna could not yet boast of maturity, that which distinguishes young women from little girls

sīks skuķēns, tāds kā pelēks griezes bērns, tecēja pa celiņu ― a little girl, just like a baby gray corncrake, ran through the passage

Declension of skuķēns (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	skuķēns	skuķēni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	skuķēnu	skuķēnus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	skuķēna	skuķēnu
dative (datīvs)	skuķēnam	skuķēniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	skuķēnu	skuķēniem
locative (lokatīvs)	skuķēnā	skuķēnos
vocative (vokatīvs)	skuķēn	skuķēni