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diftongs
diftongs
Latvian
Etymology
A borrowing, via some other European language, ultimately from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).
Noun
diftongs m (1st declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (sequence of two different vowels pronounced in one syllable)
- diftonga komponenti ― diphthong components
Declension
Declension of diftongs (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | diftongs | diftongi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | diftongu | diftongus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | diftonga | diftongu |
dative (datīvs) | diftongam | diftongiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | diftongu | diftongiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | diftongā | diftongos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | diftong | diftongi |