Noun: sencis
Hyphenation:
Gender:
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | sencis |
| Accusative | senci |
| Genitive | senča |
| Dative | sencim |
| Instrumental | senci |
| Locative | sencī |
| Vocative | senci |
Plural
| Nominative | senči |
| Accusative | senčus |
| Genitive | senču |
| Dative | senčiem |
| Instrumental | senčiem |
| Locative | senčos |
| Vocative | senči |
Sample Sentences
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tāli senči (distant ancestors)
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dzimtas senči ((family, clan) ancestors)
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senču dievi (ancestral gods)
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senču kults (ancestor worship)
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zirga sencis (the ancestor of the horse)
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putnu senči (the ancestors of the birds)
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dzīvot uz senču rēķina (to live at (one's) parents' expense)
Nouns inflected like sencis
sencis,
vilkacis,
braucis,
bruņurupucis,
tēvucis,
tēvocis,
leduslācis,
kodolierocis,
ducis,
līcis,
lācis,
vecis,
polārlācis,
kabacis,
ledus lācis,
dancis,
duncis,
kreicis,
matracis,
šaujamierocis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From sȩns (“ancient”), made into a 2nd-declension noun. The c suggests a dialectal origin, from those dialects where ns > nc. Alternatively, it may have come from an earlier *sentis, via genitive *senša > senča. There may have been influence from the c in vecis (“old man”).
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