tagadiene
See also: tagadienē
Latvian
Etymology
A neologism coined in 1869 from tagad (“now”) + -iene by A. Kronvalds, soon changed to its modern form tagadne.[1]
Noun
tagadiene f (5th declension)
- (obsolete term) present, current time; alternative form of tagadne
Declension
Declension of tagadiene (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tagadiene | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tagadieni | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tagadienes | — |
| dative (datīvs) | tagadienei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tagadieni | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | tagadienē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | tagadiene | — |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tagadne”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN