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nāsenis

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Coined in the 1920s, from nāss (“nostril”) +‎ -enis.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nāsenis m (2nd declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) nasal consonant (a consonant articulated simultaneously with nasal airflow; e.g., m, n)
    sanskrita nāsenis ñ ir pielāgojošs alofons līdzskanim n ― the Sanskrit nasal consonant ñ is an assimilating allophone of the consonant n

Declension

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Declension of nāsenis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative nāsenis nāseņi
genitive nāseņa nāseņu
dative nāsenim nāseņiem
accusative nāseni nāseņus
instrumental nāseni nāseņiem
locative nāsenī nāseņos
vocative nāseni nāseņi
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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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