salnis

Latvian[edit]

From salns (“frosty”), made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun.

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salnis m (2nd declension)

roan horse (horse with coat characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body)
zem salņa kājām sniegi / kā spilves pukojas ― under the roan's feet (= hooves) the snow / grumbles like cotton grass

jātnieks zirgu noglauda: “salni, mans salni, ko krākdams tu kārpies...” ― the rider stroked the horse: “roan, my roan, how noisily you paw...”

Declension of salnis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	salnis	saļņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	salni	saļņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	saļņa	saļņu
dative (datīvs)	salnim	saļņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	salni	saļņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	salnī	saļņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	salni	saļņi