Noun: asmens
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | asmens |
| Accusative | asmeni |
| Genitive | asmens |
| Dative | asmenim |
| Instrumental | asmeni |
| Locative | asmenī |
| Vocative | asmeni |
Plural
| Nominative | asmeņi |
| Accusative | asmeņus |
| Genitive | asmeņu |
| Dative | asmeņiem |
| Instrumental | asmeņiem |
| Locative | asmeņos |
| Vocative | asmeņi |
Sample Sentences
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cirvja, zobena asmens (ax, sword blade)
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kabatas nazis ar diviem asmeņiem (a pocket knife with two edges)
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asināt tērauda asmeņus (to sharpen steel blades)
Nouns inflected like asmens
zibens,
minerālūdens,
laukakmens,
dārgakmens,
tualetes ūdens,
sālsūdens,
ūdens,
saldūdens,
kapakmens,
kaļķakmens,
akmens,
asmens,
smilšakmens,
rudens,
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *ašmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed, edgy”), with a suffix -men. Etymologically, this is a doublet of akmens (“stone”), with a different development of *ḱ, perhaps because of Proto-Indo-European dialectal differences. Cognates include Lithuanian ãšmenys (pl. only; compare dialectal singular ašmuõ, genitive ašmeñs, Sanskrit अश्रि (áśri, “corner, edge, blade”), अश्मन् (aśman, “stone, rock, firmament”).
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