-eite

See also: eite

Latgalian

Etymology

Akin to Latvian -īte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ɛ̀i̯tʲæ]

Suffix

-eite

1. Used to form diminutives of soft-stemmed feminine nouns.

Declension

Declension of -eite (type 5 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	-eite	-eitis, -eites1)
genitive	-eitis, -eites1)	-eišu
dative	-eitei	-eitem, -eišom1)
accusative	-eiti	-eitis, -eites1)
instrumental	-eiti	-eitem, -eišom1)
locative	-eitē, -eitī1)	-eitēs, -eišuos1)
vocative	-eite, -eit	-eitis, -eites1)

¹⁾ dialectal

Derived terms

Latgalian terms suffixed with -eite

aseite

cjoceite

draudzineite

dzīsmeite

kuņdzeite

meitineite

stuņdeite

upeite

vaceite

zemeite

References

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 26