daudzskaitlis

Latvian

Etymology

From daudz (many) + skaitlis (number), calque of German Mehrzahl coined in the 19th century by J. Neikens.[1]

Pronunciation

(file)

Noun

daudzskaitlis m (2nd declension)

  1. (grammar) plural

Declension

References

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