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Latvian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas.
Suffix
-ēns
- Forms masculine nouns for young animals
- kaķis (“cat”) + -ēns → kaķēns (“kitten”)
- zaķis (“hare”) + -ēns → zaķēns (“leveret”)
- stirna (“roe deer”) + -ēns → stirnēns (“fawn”)
- Forms masculine nouns meaning “son of”
- brālis (“brother”) + -ēns → brālēns (“cousin; (dial.) nephew”)
- draugs (“friend”) + -ēns → draudzēns (“son of a friend”)
- Forms diminutives
- dēls (“son”) + -ēns → dēlēns (“little son”)
- Forms names of the inhabitants of the place names
- Nītaure + -ēns → nītaurēns
- Rauna + -ēns → raunēns
Declension
Declension of -ēns (1st declension)
Derived terms