līdzskanis

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      Līdzskaņi

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      Etymology

      A term coined by A. Kronvalds in the second half of the 19th century, from līdz(i) ((together) with) +‎ skan(ēt) (to sound), made into a 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). It is a calque of German Mitlaut, from mit (with) and Laut (sound), itself a calque of Latin cōnsonans, from cōn- (with) and sonō (to sound). It (and its alternative form līdzskaņa) competed with other proposed coinages, such as K. Biezbārdis' klaudzis and M. Kaudzīte's neskanis, until the end of the 19th century. After J. Endzelīns' and K. Mīlenbahs' 1907 Latviešu Gramatika, the form līdzskanis stabilized. It became accepted as a standard linguistic term in the 1920s.[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: [līːdskanis]
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      Noun

      līdzskanis m, 2nd declension

      1. consonant (language sound pronounced with some kind of obstruction in the vocal tract)
        balsīgi un nebalsīgi līdzskaņi — voiced and voiceless consonants
        dubultoti līdzskaņi — double consonants
        līdzskaņu klasifikācijaconsonant classification
        cietais līdzskanis — hard (i.e., non-palatalized) consonant
        mīkstais līdzskanis — soft (i.e., palatalized) consonant

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      References

      1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.
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