"censonis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: From censt(ies) (“to try”) + -onis. The standard stem for this verb has š (es cenšos, “I try”), but dialectally also t (es centos), which explains why there are derived forms with t, like centīgs, centība (“zeal”), and with s, like censonis (“striver, fighter, assiduous person”) or sacensība (“competition”) (and also, colloquially, censīgs, censība). Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|censties|onis|alt1=censt(ies)|gloss1=to try}} censt(ies) (“to try”) + -onis, {{m|lv|centīgs}} centīgs, {{m|lv|centība||zeal}} centība (“zeal”), {{m|lv|censonis||striver, fighter, assiduous person}} censonis (“striver, fighter, assiduous person”), {{m|lv|sacensība||competition}} sacensība (“competition”), {{m|lv|censīgs}} censīgs, {{m|lv|censība}} censība Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} censonis m, {{lv-noun|m|2nd|fem=censone}} censonis m (2nd declension, feminine form: censone) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|censo|is|2nd||n|ņ}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|censo|is|4=|5=n|6=ņ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|censonis|censoņi|censoni|censoņus|censoņa|censoņu|censonim|censoņiem|censoni|censoņiem|censonī|censoņos|censoni|censoņi|type=2nd declension|x=0}} Forms: censone [feminine], declension-2 [table-tags], censonis [nominative, singular], censoņi [nominative, plural], censoni [accusative, singular], censoņus [accusative, plural], censoņa [genitive, singular], censoņu [genitive, plural], censonim [dative, singular], censoņiem [dative, plural], censoni [instrumental, singular], censoņiem [instrumental, plural], censonī [locative, singular], censoņos [locative, plural], censoni [singular, vocative], censoņi [plural, vocative]
  1. striver, fighter, assiduous person (someone who, while overcoming difficulties, tries to achieve a goal; someone who dedicates himself, all his strength, to a goal) Tags: declension-2, masculine Related terms: censties, centība, centīgs, censīgs [colloquial], sacensība
    Sense id: en-censonis-lv-noun-ZXe4wvXq Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms suffixed with -onis

Inflected forms

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