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Akin to Latvian -ītis.
-eits (feminine -eite)
- Used to form diminutives of soft-stemmed masculine nouns.
- zač- + -eits → začeits
Declension of -eits (type 2 noun)
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 26