-ėnas
Appearance
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas.
Suffix
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- Forms masculine nouns meaning “son of”
- brólis (“brother”) + -ėnas → brolė́nas (“nephew; cousin”)
- sesuo (“sister”) + -ėnas → seserė́nas (“nephew; cousin”)
- Forms diminutives
- žvìrblis (“sparrow”) + -ėnas → žvirblė́nas
- katė̃ (“cat”) + -ėnas → katė́nas (“kitty”)
- Forms names of the inhabitants of the surrounding areas, from geographical/territorial nouns
- Forms names of the inhabitants of the place names
Declension
[edit]Declension of -ė́nas
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | -ė́nas | -ė́nai |
genitive (kilmininkas) | -ė́no | -ė́nų |
dative (naudininkas) | -ė́nui | -ė́nams |
accusative (galininkas) | -ė́ną | -ė́nus |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | -ė́nu | -ė́nais |
locative (vietininkas) | -ė́ne | -ė́nuose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | -ė́ne | -ė́nai |
Derived terms
[edit]Category Lithuanian terms suffixed with -ėnas not found