skandinieks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A term coined at the end of the 18th century by Gotthard Friedrich Stender from skandin(āt) (“to sound, to resound”) + -nieks, which was later replaced by A. Kronvalds' coinage patskanis.[1]
Noun
[edit]skandinieks m (1st declension)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skandinieks | skandinieki |
| genitive | skandinieka | skandinieku |
| dative | skandiniekam | skandiniekiem |
| accusative | skandinieku | skandiniekus |
| instrumental | skandinieku | skandiniekiem |
| locative | skandiniekā | skandiniekos |
| vocative | skandiniek | skandinieki |
Synonyms
[edit]- patskanis
- vokālis
- (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skanis
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN