divskanis

Latvian

Etymology

Coined by Andrejs Stērste in 1879, from div(i) (“two”) +‎ skan(ēt) (“to sound”).[1]

Noun

divskanis m (2nd declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (sequence of two different vowels pronounced in one syllable)
    latviešu valodas divskaņi ― the diphthongs of the Latvian language

Declension
Declension of divskanis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) divskanis divskaņi
accusative (akuzatīvs) divskani divskaņus
genitive (ģenitīvs) divskaņa divskaņu
dative (datīvs) divskanim divskaņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) divskani divskaņiem
locative (lokatīvs) divskanī divskaņos
vocative (vokatīvs) divskani divskaņi

Synonyms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “divi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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