neskanis

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Latvian

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Etymology

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A word coined in the second half of the 19th century by Matīss Kaudzīte, from ne- (not) +‎ skanis (vowel). By the end of the 19th century, it had been replaced by līdzskanis, a word coined by A. Kronvalds in the 1860s.[1]

Noun

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neskanis m (2nd declension)

  1. (obsolete term) consonant

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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