neskanis
Latvian
Etymology
A word coined in the second half of the 19th century by M. 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 By the end of the 19th century, it had been replaced by līdzskanis, a word coined by A. Kronvalds in the 1860s.[1]
Declension
Declension of neskanis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | neskanis | neskaņi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | neskani | neskaņus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | neskaņa | neskaņu |
| dative (datīvs) | neskanim | neskaņiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | neskani | neskaņiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | neskanī | neskaņos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | neskani | neskaņi |
Synonyms
- līdzskanis
- (obsolete term) klaudzis
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “līdzskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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