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patskanis
patskanis
Latvian
Alternative forms
Noun
patskanis m (2nd declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) vowel (language sound pronounced with little or no restriction of the oral cavity, usually with the participation of the vocal cords)
- uzsvērti un neuzsvērti patskaņi ― stressed and unstressed vowels
- garie un īsie patskaņi ― long and short vowels
- patskaņu klasifikācija ― vowel classification
- šaurais patskanis (“e” vai “ē”) ― narrow, tense vowel (“e” or “ē”, pronounced as IPA [ɛ])
- platais patskanis (“e” vai “ē”) ― broad, lax vowel (“e” or “ē”, pronounced as IPA [æ])
- ritma, lāpāmais patskanis ― rhythmic vowel (added for prosodic or metric reasons)
Declension
Declension of patskanis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | patskanis | patskaņi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | patskani | patskaņus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | patskaņa | patskaņu |
dative (datīvs) | patskanim | patskaņiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | patskani | patskaņiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | patskanī | patskaņos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | patskani | patskaņi |
Synonyms
- vokālis
- (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skandinieks, skanis
See also
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7