dzimene
See also: dzimenē
Latvian
Etymology
A form introduced in the 1870s by J. Alunāns to replace ģimene (the regular development of which would indeed have been dzimene if it had not been borrowed from Lithuanian), but which never became popular.[1]
Noun
dzimene f (5th declension)
Declension
Declension of dzimene (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | dzimene | dzimenes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | dzimeni | dzimenes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | dzimenes | dzimeņu |
| dative (datīvs) | dzimenei | dzimenēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | dzimeni | dzimenēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | dzimenē | dzimenēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | dzimene | dzimenes |
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “dzimene”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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