-ēns

See also: ens, ENS, Ens., -ens, and -eņš

Latvian

Etymology

Probably cognate to Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Suffix

-ēns

1. Added to nouns to form new nouns; possibly simply a variant of -enis. Frequently found in names of baby or young animals.

Declension

Declension of -ēns (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	-ēns	-ēni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	-ēnu	-ēnus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	-ēna	-ēnu
dative (datīvs)	-ēnam	-ēniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	-ēnu	-ēniem
locative (lokatīvs)	-ēnā	-ēnos
vocative (vokatīvs)	-ēn	-ēni

Derived terms

Latvian terms suffixed with -ēns

Related terms

• -enis
• -ene
• -ens