daudzskaitlis

Latvian

Etymology

From daudz (“many”) +‎ skaitlis (“number”), calque of German Mehrzahl coined in the 19th century by J. Neikens.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

daudzskaitlis m (2nd declension)

  1. (grammar) plural

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “skaitīt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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