skanis

Latvian

Etymology

A term coined in 1869 by K. Biezbārdis, from the stem of skanēt (“to sound”) (q.v.; see also skaņa (“sound”)), and later replaced by A. Kronvalds coinage patskanis.[1]

Noun

skanis f (4th declension)

  1. (obsolete term) vowel

Declension
Declension of skanis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) skanis skaņi
accusative (akuzatīvs) skani skaņus
genitive (ģenitīvs) skaņa skaņu
dative (datīvs) skanim skaņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) skani skaņiem
locative (lokatīvs) skanī skaņos
vocative (vokatīvs) skani skaņi

Synonyms

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