dzenis in All languages combined

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Etymology: From the root of Proto-Balto-Slavic *genˀtei, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”), see also Proto-Slavic *gъnati (“to hunt, pursue”). Cognate with Lithuanian genys. Etymology templates: {{der|lv|ine-bsl-pro|*genˀtei}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *genˀtei, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*gʷʰen-||to strike, kill}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”), {{cog|sla-pro|*gъnati|t=to hunt, pursue}} Proto-Slavic *gъnati (“to hunt, pursue”), {{cog|lt|genys}} Lithuanian genys Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|2nd declension||||||or||||or||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} dzenis m (2nd declension), {{lv-noun|m|2nd}} dzenis m (2nd declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|dze|is|2nd||n|ņ}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|dze|is|4=|5=n|6=ņ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|dzenis|dzeņi|dzeni|dzeņus|dzeņa|dzeņu|dzenim|dzeņiem|dzeni|dzeņiem|dzenī|dzeņos|dzeni|dzeņi|type=2nd|x=0}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dzenis [nominative, singular], dzeņi [nominative, plural], dzeņa [genitive, singular], dzeņu [genitive, plural], dzenim [dative, singular], dzeņiem [dative, plural], dzeni [accusative, singular], dzeņus [accusative, plural], dzeni [instrumental, singular], dzeņiem [instrumental, plural], dzenī [locative, singular], dzeņos [locative, plural], dzeni [singular, vocative], dzeņi [plural, vocative]

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}

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    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian masculine nouns",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian second declension nouns",
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    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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"dzenis" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [Latvian]