Noun: diftongs
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | diftongs |
| Accusative | diftongu |
| Genitive | diftonga |
| Dative | diftongam |
| Instrumental | diftongu |
| Locative | diftongā |
| Vocative | diftong |
Plural
| Nominative | diftongi |
| Accusative | diftongus |
| Genitive | diftongu |
| Dative | diftongiem |
| Instrumental | diftongiem |
| Locative | diftongos |
| Vocative | diftongi |
Sample Sentences
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diftonga komponenti (diphthong components)
Nouns inflected like diftongs
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
A borrowing, via some other European language, ultimately from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).
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