velniņš

Latvian

From velns (“devil”) +‎ -iņš (“dim.”).

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velniņš m (1st declension)

little devil; young, not fully grown devil; diminutive of velns
(colloquial, figuratively) some, usually unexpected or inappropriate, mental state or emotion
Fredis ēda pusdienas, Helēna, nosēdusies galda otrā pusē, centās būt rātna, bet kaut kāds velniņš visu laiku skrāpējās viņā, un viņai nāca smiekli ― Fredis was eating lunch, Helēna, sitting at the other side of the table, tried to be well-behaved, but some little devil was scratching all the time in her, and she started laughing

liekas, mazs skaudības velniņš iezadzies viņa sirdī ― it seems that some little devil of envy had sneaked into his heart

Declension of velniņš (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	velniņš	velniņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	velniņu	velniņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	velniņa	velniņu
dative (datīvs)	velniņam	velniņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	velniņu	velniņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	velniņā	velniņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	velniņ	velniņi