neskanis

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined in the second half of the 19th century by by Matīss Kaudzīte, from ne- (“not”) +‎ skanis (“vowel”). By the end of the 19th century, it had been replaced by līdzskanis, a word coined by A. Kronvalds in the 1860s.[1]

Noun

neskanis m (2nd declension)

  1. (obsolete term) consonant

Declension

Declension of neskanis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative neskanis neskaņi
genitive neskaņa neskaņu
dative neskanim neskaņiem
accusative neskani neskaņus
instrumental neskani neskaņiem
locative neskanī neskaņos
vocative neskani neskaņi

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “līdzskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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