"tēviņš" meaning in All languages combined

See tēviņš on Wiktionary

Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: From tēvs (“father”) + -iņš (“dim.”). At first a diminutive of “father” (uses as a term of endearment are attested in older texts); now only tētiņš can be used in this sense. Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|tēvs|iņš|gloss1=father|gloss2=dim.}} tēvs (“father”) + -iņš (“dim.”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} tēviņš m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} tēviņš m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|tēviņ|š|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|tēviņ|š|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|tēviņš|tēviņi|tēviņu|tēviņus|tēviņa|tēviņu|tēviņam|tēviņiem|tēviņu|tēviņiem|tēviņā|tēviņos|tēviņ|tēviņi|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tēviņš [nominative, singular], tēviņi [nominative, plural], tēviņa [genitive, singular], tēviņu [genitive, plural], tēviņam [dative, singular], tēviņiem [dative, plural], tēviņu [accusative, singular], tēviņus [accusative, plural], tēviņu [instrumental, singular], tēviņiem [instrumental, plural], tēviņā [locative, singular], tēviņos [locative, plural], tēviņ [singular, vocative], tēviņi [plural, vocative]
  1. (of animal species) male Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-tēviņš-lv-noun-DSSOgsYs Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male, Male animals Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Male: 66 34 Disambiguation of Male animals: 75 25
  2. (chiefly in the singular) a human male, a man Tags: declension-1, masculine, singular
    Sense id: en-tēviņš-lv-noun-7Pd4OaAs Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian first declension nouns in -š, Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latvian first declension nouns in -š: 43 57 Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mātīte

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "tēvs",
        "3": "iņš",
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      "form": "tēviņš",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "tēviņi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tēviņu",
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    },
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      "form": "tēviņiem",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "tēviņā",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņos",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tēviņ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      ]
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        "2": "tēviņi",
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        "4": "tēviņus",
        "5": "tēviņa",
        "6": "tēviņu",
        "7": "tēviņam",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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}

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