See -nieks on Wiktionary
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{ "categories": [ "Latvian entries with incorrect language header", "Latvian lemmas", "Latvian suffixes", "Pages using catfix", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "lt", "2": "-ininkas" }, "expansion": "Lithuanian -ininkas", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sla-pro", "2": "*-nikъ" }, "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-nikъ", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Cognate with Lithuanian -ininkas (note that -nieks often causes palatalization of the preceding consonant, or even occurs as -inieks, with an initial i that corresponds to the initial i of the Lithuanian suffix; e.g. tirdzinieks) and Proto-Slavic *-nikъ. The feminine form -niece is derived from -nieks with the feminine suffix -e, with palatalization of the final k to c.", "forms": [ { "form": "-nieks", "tags": [ "canonical" ] }, { "form": "-niece", "tags": [ "canonical" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "lv", "2": "suffix", "head": "-nieks, -niece", "sort": "" }, "expansion": "-nieks, -niece", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "head": "-nieks, -niece" }, "expansion": "-nieks, -niece", "name": "lv-suffix" } ], "lang": "Latvian", "lang_code": "lv", "pos": "suffix", "related": [ { "raw_tags": [ "of -nieks" ], "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "-niece" } ], "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "Added to nouns (or sometimes to adjectives and a few verbs) to form masculine (-nieks) or feminine (-niece) agent nouns, referring to a person whose activity or occupation the original term is (like English -er), or who inhabits the place (city, country, etc.) named by the original term (like English -ian)." ], "links": [ [ "-nieks", "-nieks#Latvian" ], [ "-niece", "-niece#Latvian" ], [ "English", "w:English language" ], [ "-er", "-er#English" ], [ "-ian", "-ian#English" ] ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] }, { "glosses": [ "Used to nominalize numerals to refer to numbers in the form of nouns (e.g., when speaking of grades, bills (banknotes), when mentioning numbers as labels that identify entities, etc.)" ], "tags": [ "morpheme" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "-ājs" }, { "word": "-ējs" }, { "word": "-onis" } ], "word": "-nieks" }
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