pašskanis
Latvian
Etymology
From paš (“a form of pats “self””) + skan(ēt) (“to sound”). A calque of German Selbstlaut (“vowel”), it was coined by A. Kronvalds in the 1860s and later changed by him to its modern form patskanis.[1]
Declension
Declension of pašskanis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | pašskanis | pašskaņi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | pašskani | pašskaņus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | pašskaņa | pašskaņu |
| dative (datīvs) | pašskanim | pašskaņiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | pašskani | pašskaņiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | pašskanī | pašskaņos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | pašskani | pašskaņi |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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