dzimene

See also: dzimenē

Latvian

Etymology

A form introduced in the 1870s by by Juris Alunāns to replace ģimene (the regular development of which would indeed have been dzimene if it had not been borrowed from Lithuanian), but which never became popular.[1]

Noun

dzimene f (5th declension)

  1. family; obsolete form of ģimene

Declension

Declension of dzimene (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative dzimene dzimenes
genitive dzimenes dzimeņu
dative dzimenei dzimenēm
accusative dzimeni dzimenes
instrumental dzimeni dzimenēm
locative dzimenē dzimenēs
vocative dzimene dzimenes

References

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