"vakariņas" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

IPA: [vakaɾiɲas]
Etymology: From vakars (“evening”) + -iņa, perhaps originally a diminutive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|vakars|iņa|gloss1=evening}} vakars (“evening”) + -iņa Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} vakariņas f, {{lv-noun|f|4th}} vakariņas f (4th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|vakariņ|a|4th|no-sg|extrawidth=-100}}, {{lv-decl-noun-4|vakariņ|a|4=no-sg|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-100}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|-|vakariņas|-|vakariņas|-|vakariņu|-|vakariņām|-|vakariņām|-|vakariņās|-|vakariņas|16=|type=4th|x=-100}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], vakariņas [nominative, plural], - [genitive, singular], vakariņu [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], vakariņām [dative, plural], - [accusative, singular], vakariņas [accusative, plural], - [instrumental, singular], vakariņām [instrumental, plural], - [locative, singular], vakariņās [locative, plural], - [singular, vocative], vakariņas [plural, vocative]
  1. dinner (the evening meal, usually not the largest meal in Latvia; also, the time or occasion of this meal) Tags: declension-4, feminine Related terms: vakars, Template:User:Pereru, list helper-3

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
          "largest",
          "largest#English"
        ],
        [
          "Latvia",
          "Latvia#English"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#English"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vakaɾiɲas]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vakariņas"
}

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