tautietis

Latvian edit

From tauta (“people, nation”) +‎ -ietis.

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tautietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: tautiete)

(male) countryman, compatriot (a man with the same ethnicity or nationality as the speaker)
satikt citā valstī savus tautiešus ― to meet one's countrymen in another country

poļi Varšavā mani nešaubīdamies atzina par savu tautieti! ― the Poles in Warsaw acknowledged me as their countryman without hesitation

Mārtiņš: Liels priks mums iepazīties ar tik ievērojamu un sekmīgu tautieti! Mēs jau zinām, ka jūs neatsakāties izpalīdzēt tautiešiem, un griežamies pie jums pilnā uzticībā ― Mārtiņš: It's a great pleasure to meet such a notable and successful compatriot! We know that you don't refuse to help compatriots, and we turn to you in full confidence
(in folk texts) a young man from another region or from another family or group of families

Declension of tautietis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	tautietis	tautieši
accusative (akuzatīvs)	tautieti	tautiešus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	tautieša	tautiešu
dative (datīvs)	tautietim	tautiešiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	tautieti	tautiešiem
locative (lokatīvs)	tautietī	tautiešos
vocative (vokatīvs)	tautieti	tautieši

tautiẽtis m (plural tautiẽčiai, feminine tautiẽtė) stress pattern 2

Declension of tautiẽtis