Example
|
Nominative |
liet-us |
liet-i |
|
Genitive |
liet-us |
liet-u |
|
Dative |
liet-um |
liet-iem |
|
Accusative |
liet-u |
liet-us |
|
Locative |
liet-ū |
liet-os |
|
Vocative |
liet-us |
liet-i |
Fourth declension
To the fourth declension belongs feminine and masculine nouns which ends with -a in singular nominative. Some nouns ending in -a are masculine or feminine according to the sense in each context (nelga, nepraša, etc.) . The case endings are given in following table:
|
|
Gend. |
Nom. |
Gen. |
Dat. |
Acc. |
Loc. |
Voc. |
|
sing. |
fem. |
-a |
-as |
-ai |
-u |
-ā |
-a |
|
sing. |
masc. |
-a |
-as |
-am |
-u |
-ā |
-a |
|
plur. |
|
-as |
-u |
-ām |
-as |
-ās |
-as |
Diminutives has no ending in singular vocative.
Examples
|
Nominative |
lap-a |
lap-as |
|
Genitive |
lap-as |
lap-u |
|
Dative |
lap-ai |
lap-ām |
|
Accusative |
lap-u |
lap-as |
|
Locative |
lap-ā |
lap-ās |
|
Vocative |
lap-a |
lap-as |
|
Nominative |
puik-a |
puik-as |
|
Genitive |
puik-as |
puik-u |
|
Dative |
puik-am |
puik-ām |
|
Accusative |
puik-u |
puik-as |
|
Locative |
puik-ā |
puik-ās |
|
Vocative |
puik-a |
puik-as |
Fifth declension
To the fifth declension belongs feminine and few masculine nouns which ends with -e in singular nominative.
For nouns of fifth declension the consonants preceding case ending is to be palatalised in plural genitive:
|
Consonant(s) before ending |
Palatalised to |
|
b |
bj |
|
c |
č |
|
d |
ž |
|
l |
ļ |
|
m |
mj |
|
n |
ņ |
|
p |
pj |
|
s |
š |
|
t |
š |
|
v |
vj |
|
z |
ž |
|
sn |
šņ |
|
zn |
žņ |
|
ll |
ļļ |
|
nn |
ņņ |
|
kst |
kš |
|
|
|
The case endings for fifth declension nouns are given in following table ( diminutives has no ending in singular vocative ):
|
|
Gend. |
Nom. |
Gen. |
Dat. |
Acc. |
Loc. |
Voc. |
|
sing. |
fem. |
-e |
-es |
-ei |
-i |
-ē |
-e |
|
sing. |
masc. |
-e |
-es |
-em |
-i |
-ē |
-e |
|
plur. |
|
-es |
-u |
-ēm |
-es |
-ēs |
-es |