klaudzis

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined in the second half of the 19th century by by Kaspars Biezbārdis, probably from the same stem as klaudz(ēt) (“to knock, to bang”), as a 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). It was not really accepted. A. Kronvalds' coinage līdzskanis became more popular and replaced other competing terms by the beginning of the 20th century.[1]

Noun

klaudzis m (2nd declension)

  1. (obsolete term) consonant

Declension

Declension of klaudzis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative klaudzis klaudži
genitive klaudža klaudžu
dative klaudzim klaudžiem
accusative klaudzi klaudžus
instrumental klaudzi klaudžiem
locative klaudzī klaudžos
vocative klaudzi klaudži

Synonyms

References

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