kazlēns

Latvian

Kaza un kazlēni

Etymology

Apparently from kaza (“goat”) +‎ -ēns, but the l is unexplained. But Russian козёл (kozjól, “male goat”), with an extra l, suggests an unattested word for 'male goat' (different from āzis) as the source.

Noun

kazlēns m (1st declension)

1. young or baby goat, kid

   kazai piedzimuši divi kazlēni ― the she-goat had two kids

Declension

Declension of kazlēns (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kazlēns	kazlēni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kazlēnu	kazlēnus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kazlēna	kazlēnu
dative (datīvs)	kazlēnam	kazlēniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kazlēnu	kazlēniem
locative (lokatīvs)	kazlēnā	kazlēnos
vocative (vokatīvs)	kazlēn	kazlēni

Related terms

• kaza

See also

• āzis