izcilniece

See also: izcilniecē

Latvian

Etymology

From izcils (“great, outstanding, excellent”) +‎ -niece, or izcilnieks (“great, outstanding man”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

Noun

izcilniece f (5th declension, masculine form: izcilnieks)

1. outstanding (female) individual (one who obtained great success, excellent results)

   Kristīne Garklāva: skolā biju izcilniece ― Kristīne Garklāva: at school I was an outstanding student

Declension

Declension of izcilniece (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	izcilniece	izcilnieces
accusative (akuzatīvs)	izcilnieci	izcilnieces
genitive (ģenitīvs)	izcilnieces	izcilnieču
dative (datīvs)	izcilniecei	izcilniecēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	izcilnieci	izcilniecēm
locative (lokatīvs)	izcilniecē	izcilniecēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	izcilniece	izcilnieces

Related terms

• izcilība
• izcils