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]
pašskanis m (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 |