melnis

Latvian

Melnis

Etymology

From melns (“black”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

melnis m (2nd declension)

1. black horse

   spīdoši nobarotie meļņi ― shiny well-fed black horses

Declension

Declension of melnis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	melnis	meļņi
genitive	meļņa	meļņu
dative	melnim	meļņiem
accusative	melni	meļņus
instrumental	melni	meļņiem
locative	melnī	meļņos
vocative	melni	meļņi