-eņa

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"

Latgalian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Latvian -iņa.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-eņa (masculine -eņš)

  1. Used to form diminutives of (primarily) hard-stemmed feminine nouns.
Usage notes
  • Triggers ablaut in the stem: o > a, a > e, ā > ie, y > i.
  • Triggers palatalisation of a preceding velar consonant: k > c, g > dz.
Declension
Declension of -eņa (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative -eņa -enis, -eņas1)
genitive -enis, -eņas1) -eņu
dative -eņai -eņom
accusative -eņu -enis, -eņas1)
instrumental -eņu -eņom
locative -eņā -eņuos
vocative -eņa, -eņ -enis, -eņas1)
1) dialectal
Declension of -eņa (type 5 noun)
singular plural
nominative -eņa -enis, -eņas1)
genitive -enis, -eņas1) -eņu
dative -eņai -enem, -eņom1)
accusative -eni -enis, -eņas1)
instrumental -eni -enem, -eņom1)
locative -enē, -enī1) -enēs, -eņuos1)
vocative -eņa, -eņ -enis, -eņas1)
1) dialectal
Derived terms
Latgalian terms suffixed with -eņa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-eņa

  1. genitive singular of -eņš

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 26
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