uzbalsenis

Latvian

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uzbalsenis

balsene

elpvads

(traheja)

uzbalsenis

rīkle

Uzbalsenis

Etymology

From uz- (“on, over”) +‎ balss (“voice”) +‎ -enis, i.e., that which is above the balsene (“larynx”), clearly a calque of New Latin epiglottis, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon, over”) and γλῶττα, γλῶσσα (glôtta, glôssa, “tongue”) (with a masculine ending).

Noun

uzbalsenis m (2nd declension)

1. (anatomy) epiglottis (moving organ that separates the trachea from the oesophagus)

Declension

Declension of uzbalsenis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	uzbalsenis	uzbalseņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	uzbalseni	uzbalseņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	uzbalseņa	uzbalseņu
dative (datīvs)	uzbalsenim	uzbalseņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	uzbalseni	uzbalseņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	uzbalsenī	uzbalseņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	uzbalseni	uzbalseņi