kazlēns

Latvian
Kaza un kazlēni

Etymology

Apparently from kaza (“goat”) +‎ -ēns, but the l is unexplained. But Russian козёл (kozjól, “male goat”), with an extra l, suggests an unattested word for 'male goat' (different from āzis) as the source.

Noun

kazlēns m (1st declension)

  1. young or baby goat, kid
    kazai piedzimuši divi kazlēni ― the she-goat had two kids

Declension
Declension of kazlēns (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) kazlēns kazlēni
accusative (akuzatīvs) kazlēnu kazlēnus
genitive (ģenitīvs) kazlēna kazlēnu
dative (datīvs) kazlēnam kazlēniem
instrumental (instrumentālis) kazlēnu kazlēniem
locative (lokatīvs) kazlēnā kazlēnos
vocative (vokatīvs) kazlēns kazlēni

See also
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