balsskanis

Latvian

Etymology

Coined by Andrejs Stērste in 1879, from balss (“voice”) +‎ skan(ēt) (“to sound”) (by analogy with Latin vōcālis (“voiced”)), which competed with, and was later replaced by, A. Kronvalds coinage patskanis.[1]

Noun

balsskanis f (4th declension)

  1. (obsolete term) vowel

Declension

Declension of balsskanis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative balsskanis balsskaņi
genitive balsskaņa balsskaņu
dative balsskanim balsskaņiem
accusative balsskani balsskaņus
instrumental balsskani balsskaņiem
locative balsskanī balsskaņos
vocative balsskani balsskaņi

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “patskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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