klaudzis

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined in the second half of the 19th century by K. Biezbārdis, probably from the same stem as klaudz(ēt} (“to knock, to bang”), as a 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). It was not really accepted. A. Kronvalds' coinage līdzskanis became more popular and replaced other competing terms by the beginning of the 20th century.

Noun

klaudzis m, 2nd declension

1. (obsolete) consonant

Declension

declension of klaudzis

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	klaudzis	klaudži
accusative (akuzatīvs)	klaudzi	klaudžus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	klaudža	klaudžu
dative (datīvs)	klaudzim	klaudžiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	klaudzi	klaudžiem
locative (lokatīvs)	klaudzī	klaudžos
vocative (vokatīvs)	klaudzi	klaudži

Synonyms

• līdzskanis
• (obsolete term) neskanis

References