divskanis
Latvian
editEtymology
editCoined by Andrejs Stērste in 1879, from div(i) (“two”) skan(ēt) (“to sound”).[1]
Noun
editdivskanis m (2nd declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (sequence of two different vowels pronounced in one syllable)
- latviešu valodas divskaņi ― the diphthongs of the Latvian language
Declension
editDeclension of divskanis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | divskanis | divskaņi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | divskani | divskaņus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | divskaņa | divskaņu |
dative (datīvs) | divskanim | divskaņiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | divskani | divskaņiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | divskanī | divskaņos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | divskani | divskaņi |
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “divi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN