Latvija
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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]
PronunciationEdit
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Proper nounEdit
Latvija f (4th declension)
- Latvia (country in the Baltic region of Europe, with Riga as its capital)
- 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
DeclensionEdit
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 | — |
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “latvietis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
LithuanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Lãtvija f
DeclensionEdit
declension of Latvija
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (countries of Europe) Europos šalis; 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
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Proper nounEdit
Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Latvija
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Latvija |
| genitive | Latvije |
| dative | Latviji |
| accusative | Latviju |
| vocative | Latvijo/Latvija |
| locative | Latviji |
| instrumental | Latvijom |