augsne – Latvian noun declension

Noun: augsne
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	augsne
Accusative	augsni
Genitive	augsnes
Dative	augsnei
Instrumental	augsni
Locative	augsnē
Vocative	augsne

Plural

Nominative	augsnes
Accusative	augsnes
Genitive	augšņu
Dative	augsnēm
Instrumental	augsnēm
Locative	augsnēs
Vocative	augsnes

Sample Sentences

smilšaina, mālaina augsne (sandy, clay soil)
kūdras augsne (peat soil)
velēnu augsne (sod soil)
irdena augsne (friable soil)
blīva augsne (dense, thick soil, earth)
apstrādāt augsni (to treat the soil)
augsnes auglība (soil fertility)
augsnes dezinfekcija (soil desinfection)
augsnes erozija (soil erosion)
augsnes kaļķošana (soil liming)
iestrādāt mēslojumu augsnē (to work fertilizer into the soil)
augnes virskārta, apakškārta (topsoil, subsoil)
augsnes tipi, veidi (soil types)
lupīnas audzē neauglīgās, smilšainās augsnēs (one grows lupins in arid, sandy soils)
literatūrai nepieciešama sava dabiska attīstība, vide un augsne, kur iespējams rasties liela vēriena darbiem (literature needs its own development, an environment and a soil where large-scope works can arise)

Nouns inflected like augsne

plāksne, aploksne, varavīksne, piedurksne, augsne, koksne, krāsne,

Etymology

Coined in the 1920s from aug(t) (“to grow”) + -sne, it replaced in the sense of "soil" the previously used word augtene, which survived with a more restricted usage (as "place of planting").