nazāls
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Latvian
Etymology
From nāss (“nostril”) + -āls. Clearly not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nazāls (definite nazālais, comparative nazālāks, superlative visnazālākais, adverb nazāli)
- (of voices, sounds) nasal (such that it is accompanied by airflow through the nose)
- akūtu vai hronisku deguna vai blakusdobumu iekaisumu gadījumos balss iegūst deguna vai nazālu pieskaņu ― in case of acute or chronic inflammation of the nose or sinus, the voice acquires a nose(-like) or nasal undertone
- (phonetics, phonology) nasal (pronounced with simultaneous airflow through the nose)
- nazāla skaņa ― nasal sound
- nazāls līdzskanis ― nasal consonant
- nazāls patskanis ― nasal vowel
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of nazāls
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | nazāls | nazāli | nazāla | nazālas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | nazālu | nazālus | nazālu | nazālas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | nazāla | nazālu | nazālas | nazālu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | nazālam | nazāliem | nazālai | nazālām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | nazālu | nazāliem | nazālu | nazālām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | nazālā | nazālos | nazālā | nazālās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||