skandinieks

Latvian

Etymology

A term coined at the end of the 18th century by Gotthard Friedrich Stender from skandin(āt) (“to sound, to resound”) +‎ -nieks, which was later replaced by A. Kronvalds' coinage patskanis.

Noun

skandinieks m (1st declension)

1. (obsolete term) vowel

Declension

Declension of skandinieks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	skandinieks	skandinieki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	skandinieku	skandiniekus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	skandinieka	skandinieku
dative (datīvs)	skandiniekam	skandiniekiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	skandinieku	skandiniekiem
locative (lokatīvs)	skandiniekā	skandiniekos
vocative (vokatīvs)	skandiniek	skandinieki

Synonyms

• patskanis
• vokālis
• (obsolete terms) balsskanis, skanis