Sibīrija

See also: Sibirija and Sibīrijā

Latvian edit

Sibīrija on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ) +‎ -ija. Originally the name of a 14th-century Tatar fortress at Qashliq (Tobolsk), later the capital of the 16th-century Khanate of Sibir. With the Russian conquest of Northern Asia, the name was extended to the areas beyond the Ob river.

Pronunciation edit

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Proper noun edit

Sibīrija f (4th declension)

Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia, from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean)
Sibīrija ietver apmēram 56% no Krievijas teritorijas ― Siberia contains about 56% of the territory of Russia

Declension edit

Declension of Sibīrija (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Sibīrija	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Sibīriju	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Sibīrijas	—
dative (datīvs)	Sibīrijai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Sibīriju	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Sibīrijā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Sibīrija	—

Derived terms edit

Sibīrijas cauna