stundenieks
Latvian
Etymology
From stunda (“hour”) + -nieks.
Noun
stundenieks m (1st declension)
- (obsolete term) clock
Usage notes
The words stundenis and stundenieks are attested in 18th-century sources but have now been completely replaced by pulkstenis.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stundenieks | stundenieki |
| genitive | stundenieka | stundenieku |
| dative | stundeniekam | stundeniekiem |
| accusative | stundenieku | stundeniekus |
| instrumental | stundenieku | stundeniekiem |
| locative | stundeniekā | stundeniekos |
| vocative | stundeniek | stundenieki |
Synonyms
- pulkstenis
- (obsolete term) stundenis