Latvija
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From latvis (“Latvian, Lett”) + -ija. The word is relatively recent: in older (13th-century) texts, this region is called Lettia, Letthigalia, later on (17th century) Latvisku zeme and (18th century) Latvju zeme, Latviešu zeme. J. Alunāns suggested in the 1850s the word Latva, which was not adopted; but, under his influence, many country names in Latvian were derived with a suffix -ija, which made several authors spontaneously create and use the word Latvija. It was accepted into the standard language in the following decades.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Latvija f (4th declension)
- Latvia (a country in Baltic, Europe; capital: Riga)
- Latvijas karogs ― flag of Latvia
- Latvijas karte ― map of Latvia
- Dievs, svētī Latviju ― God bless Latvia
- Latvijā ir 76 pilsētas, no kurām divās (Rīgā un Daugavpilī) dzīvo vairāk par 100 000 iedzīvotāju ― in Latvia (there) are 76 cities, in two of which (Rīga and Daugavpils) (there) are more than 100 000 inhabitants
Declension edit
Declension of Latvija (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Latvija | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | Latviju | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | Latvijas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | Latvijai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | Latviju | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | Latvijā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Latvija | — |
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “latvietis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Lãtvija f stress pattern 1
- Latvia (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: Lãtvijos Respùblika; capital: Riga)
Declension edit
declension of Latvija
Related terms edit
See also edit
- (countries of Europe) Europos šalys; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija
Further reading edit
- Latvija in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)
Declension edit
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Látvija f
Inflection edit
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| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Látvija | |
| genitive | Látvije | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Látvija | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Látviji | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Látvijo | |
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Latvija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran