šunelis

Latvian

Etymology

Possibly from an (unattested) variant *šuns of suns (“dog”) (compare Proto-Baltic *šunas (“dog”)).[1]

Noun

šunelis m (2nd declension)

  1. little dog; diminutive of suns
    kādam skolas kaimiņam bija šunelis, tāds kucēns, kuram tomēr bija skaļa balss ― one of the school neighbors had a little dog, a puppy that, however, had a loud voice

Declension

Declension of šunelis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative šunelis šuneļi
genitive šuneļa šuneļu
dative šunelim šuneļiem
accusative šuneli šuneļus
instrumental šuneli šuneļiem
locative šunelī šuneļos
vocative šuneli šuneļi

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “suns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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