-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 | plural | |
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nominative | -ēns | -ēni |
genitive | -ēna | -ēnu |
dative | -ēnam | -ēniem |
accusative | -ēnu | -ēnus |
instrumental | -ēnu | -ēniem |
locative | -ēnā | -ēnos |
vocative | -ēn | -ēni |