līdzskanis

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Latvian[edit]

 līdzskanis on Latvian Wikipedia
Līdzskaņi

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Etymology[edit]

A term coined by Atis Kronvalds in the second half of the 19th century, from līdz(i) ((together) with) +‎ skan(ēt) (to sound), made into a 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). It is a calque of German Mitlaut, from mit (with) and Laut (sound), itself a calque of Latin cōnsonans, from cōn- (with) and sonō (to sound).

It (and its alternative form līdzskaņa) competed with other proposed coinages, such as K. Biezbārdis' klaudzis and M. Kaudzīte's neskanis, until the end of the 19th century. After J. Endzelīns' and K. Mīlenbahs' 1907 Latviešu Gramatika, the form līdzskanis stabilized. It became accepted as a standard linguistic term in the 1920s.[1]

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Noun[edit]

līdzskanis m (2nd declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) consonant (language sound pronounced with some kind of obstruction in the vocal tract)
    balsīgi un nebalsīgi līdzskaņivoiced and voiceless consonants
    dubultoti līdzskaņidouble consonants
    līdzskaņu klasifikācijaconsonant classification
    cietais līdzskanishard (i.e., non-palatalized) consonant
    mīkstais līdzskanissoft (i.e., palatalized) consonant

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “līdzskanis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN