triftongs

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing, via some other European language, ultimately from Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”) and φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

Noun

triftongs m (1st declension)

1. (phonetics, phonology) triphthong (sequence of three different vowels pronounced in one syllable)

   triftonga komponenti ― diphthong components

Declension

Declension of triftongs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	triftongs	triftongi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	triftongu	triftongus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	triftonga	triftongu
dative (datīvs)	triftongam	triftongiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	triftongu	triftongiem
locative (lokatīvs)	triftongā	triftongos
vocative (vokatīvs)	triftong	triftongi

See also

• diftongs