vilciens – Latvian noun declension

Noun: vilciens
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	vilciens
Accusative	vilcienu
Genitive	vilciena
Dative	vilcienam
Instrumental	vilcienu
Locative	vilcienā
Vocative	vilcien

Plural

Nominative	vilcieni
Accusative	vilcienus
Genitive	vilcienu
Dative	vilcieniem
Instrumental	vilcieniem
Locative	vilcienos
Vocative	vilcieni

Sample Sentences

otas, zīmuļa, spalvas vilciens (a stroke of a brush, pencil, pen)
gleznotājs glezno plašiem vilcieniem (the painter paints with broad strokes)
rokraksta vilciens (a handwritten stroke (e.g., part of a letter))
elpas vilciens (one breath (lit. breath stroke))
dzert gariem vilcieniem (to drink in long gulps)
braukt ar vilcienu (to travel by train)
tālsatiksmes vilciens (long-distance train)
piepilsētas vilciens (commuter train)
elektriskais vilciens (electric train)
pasta, preču, vilciens (post, goods train)
smagsvara vilciens (heavy freight train)
pasažieru, tūristu vilciens (passenger, tourist train)
vilcienu saraksts (train timetable)
vilciena kupeja (train compartment)
vilciena pavadonis (train attendant)
nokavēt vilcienu (to miss the train)
iezīmīgs vilciens rakstnieka prozā (a typical feature in the writer's prose)
mīlestība uz kokiem ir viens no dziļākiem vilcieniem Blaumaņa dvēselē (love of trees is one of the deepest features in Blaumanis' soul)

Nouns inflected like vilciens

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

From vilk(t) (“to pull”) + -iens (with k > c palatalization) by analogy with German ziehen (“to pull”), Zug (“train”). The sense “train” originated at the end of the 19th century and became frequent in the 20th century, replacing a previous borrowing bānis, from German Bahn (“way”), Eisenbahn (“railway”). See: German Nouns 'Bahn'.