"velniņš" meaning in Latvian

See velniņš in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From velns (“devil”) + -iņš (“dim.”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|velns|iņš|gloss1=devil|gloss2=dim.}} velns (“devil”) + -iņš (“dim.”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} velniņš m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} velniņš m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|velniņ|š|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|velniņ|š|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|velniņš|velniņi|velniņu|velniņus|velniņa|velniņu|velniņam|velniņiem|velniņu|velniņiem|velniņā|velniņos|velniņ|velniņi|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], velniņš [nominative, singular], velniņi [nominative, plural], velniņu [accusative, singular], velniņus [accusative, plural], velniņa [genitive, singular], velniņu [genitive, plural], velniņam [dative, singular], velniņiem [dative, plural], velniņu [instrumental, singular], velniņiem [instrumental, plural], velniņā [locative, singular], velniņos [locative, plural], velniņ [singular, vocative], velniņi [plural, vocative]
  1. little devil; young, not fully grown devil; diminutive of velns Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-velniņš-lv-noun-5HOsItxt Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian first declension nouns in -š, Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Latvian first declension nouns in -š: 60 40 Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) some, usually unexpected or inappropriate, mental state or emotion Tags: colloquial, declension-1, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-velniņš-lv-noun-2aADtoUh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: velnēns

Inflected forms

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        "plural"
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      "form": "velniņu",
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    {
      "form": "velniņus",
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    {
      "form": "velniņa",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "velniņu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "velniņam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "5": "velniņa",
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        "7": "velniņam",
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        "type": "1st declension",
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  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "58 42",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "little devil; young, not fully grown devil; diminutive of velns"
      ],
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          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "devil",
          "devil"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "fully",
          "fully"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "velns",
          "velns#Latvian"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
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        {
          "english": "Fredis was eating lunch, Helēna, sitting at the other side of the table, tried to be well-behaved, but some little devil was scratching all the time in her, and she started laughing",
          "text": "Fredis ēda pusdienas, Helēna, nosēdusies galda otrā pusē, centās būt rātna, bet kaut kāds velniņš visu laiku skrāpējās viņā, un viņai nāca smiekli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "it seems that some little devil of envy had sneaked into his heart",
          "text": "liekas, mazs skaudības velniņš iezadzies viņa sirdī",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        ],
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        ],
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          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
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          "state",
          "state"
        ],
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          "emotion"
        ]
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        "(colloquial, figuratively) some, usually unexpected or inappropriate, mental state or emotion"
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
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  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "velnēns"
    }
  ],
  "word": "velniņš"
}

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    "Latvian first declension nouns in -š",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian masculine nouns",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for audio pronunciation in Latvian entries"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "velniņ",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "2": "velniņi",
        "3": "velniņu",
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        "5": "velniņa",
        "6": "velniņu",
        "7": "velniņam",
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      ],
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          "little",
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          "fully",
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        ],
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          "text": "Fredis ēda pusdienas, Helēna, nosēdusies galda otrā pusē, centās būt rātna, bet kaut kāds velniņš visu laiku skrāpējās viņā, un viņai nāca smiekli",
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        },
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          "text": "liekas, mazs skaudības velniņš iezadzies viņa sirdī",
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        }
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          "usually"
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    {
      "word": "velnēns"
    }
  ],
  "word": "velniņš"
}

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