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-eņa

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Latgalian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Latvian -iņa.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-eņa (masculine -eņš)

  1. Used to form diminutives of (primarily) hard-stemmed feminine nouns.
Usage notes
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  • Triggers ablaut in the stem: o > a, a > e, ā > ie, y > i.
  • Triggers palatalisation of a preceding velar consonant: k > c, g > dz.
Declension
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Declension of -eņa (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative -eņa -enis, -eņas1)
genitive -enis, -eņas1) -eņu
dative -eņai -eņom
accusative -eņu -enis, -eņas1)
instrumental -eņu -eņom
locative -eņā -eņuos
vocative -eņa, -eņ -enis, -eņas1)

1) dialectal

Declension of -eņa (type 5 noun)
singular plural
nominative -eņa -enis, -eņas1)
genitive -enis, -eņas1) -eņu
dative -eņai -enem, -eņom1)
accusative -eni -enis, -eņas1)
instrumental -eni -enem, -eņom1)
locative -enē, -enī1) -enēs, -eņuos1)
vocative -eņa, -eņ -enis, -eņas1)

1) dialectal

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-eņa

  1. genitive singular of -eņš

References

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  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 26