nāsenis
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Latvian
Etymology
Coined in the 1920s, from nāss (“nostril”) + -enis.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
nāsenis m (2nd declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) nasal consonant (a consonant articulated simultaneously with nasal airflow; e.g., m, n)
- sanskrita nāsenis ñ ir pielāgojošs alofons līdzskanim n ― the Sanskrit nasal consonant ñ is an assimilating allophone of the consonant n
Declension
Declension of nāsenis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | nāsenis | nāseņi |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | nāseņa | nāseņu |
| dative (datīvs) | nāsenim | nāseņiem |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | nāseni | nāseņus |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | nāseni | nāseņiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | nāsenī | nāseņos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | nāseni | nāseņi |
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN