nazāls

Latvian[edit]

From nāss (“nostril”) +‎ -āls. Clearly not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

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nazāls (definite nazālais, comparative nazālāks, superlative visnazālākais, adverb nazāli)

(of voices, sounds) nasal (such that it is accompanied by airflow through the nose)
akūtu vai hronisku deguna vai blakusdobumu iekaisumu gadījumos balss iegūst deguna vai nazālu pieskaņu ― in case of acute or chronic inflammation of the nose or sinus, the voice acquires a nose(-like) or nasal undertone
(phonetics, phonology) nasal (pronounced with simultaneous airflow through the nose)
nazāla skaņa ― nasal sound

nazāls līdzskanis ― nasal consonant

nazāls patskanis ― nasal vowel

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of nazāls

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)		feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	nazāls	nazāli	nazāla	nazālas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	nazālu	nazālus	nazālu	nazālas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	nazāla	nazālu	nazālas	nazālu
dative (datīvs)	nazālam	nazāliem	nazālai	nazālām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	nazālu	nazāliem	nazālu	nazālām
locative (lokatīvs)	nazālā	nazālos	nazālā	nazālās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—