-eņa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"
Latgalian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-ænʲa]
Suffix
-eņa (masculine -eņš)
- 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
| 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
| 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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-ænʲa]
Suffix
-eņa
- genitive singular of -eņš
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 26