islandiete
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Islande (“Iceland”) + -iete, or islandietis (“Icelander”) + -e (“fem.”).
Noun edit
islandiete f (5th declension, masculine form: islandietis)
- a female Icelander, an Icelandic woman, a woman from Iceland
- islandiete simboliski atklāj Eirovīzijas nedēļu ― an Icelandic woman symbolically opens the Eurovision week
Usage notes edit
The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.
Declension edit
Declension of islandiete (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | islandiete | islandietes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | islandieti | islandietes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | islandietes | islandiešu |
| dative (datīvs) | islandietei | islandietēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | islandieti | islandietēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | islandietē | islandietēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | islandiete | islandietes |