tajs

English

Noun

tajs

plural of taj

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (thai, “Thai”), made into a first-declension masculine noun.

Noun

tajs m (1st declension, feminine form: tajiete)

(rare, usually tajietis) (male) Thai; a man, a person belonging to the Thai people of Thailand
aptuveni 55% Taizemes iedzīvotāju ir taji ― approximately 55% of the inhabitants of Thailand are Thai
(genitive plural) Thai; pertaining to Thailand, to the Thai people, or their language
taju valoda ― the Thai language

taju alfabēts ― the Thai alphabet

taju ēdiens ― Thai food

taju jaunais gads ― the Thai new year

Usage notes

Usually tajs (rare, usually found in its genitive plural form taju, used as an adjective), tajietis, tajiete and tajisks refer to the Thai people as an ethnic group, while taizemietis, taizemiete, taizemisks refer to citizens of Thailand, including those who are not ethnically Thai.

Declension

Declension of tajs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	tajs	taji
accusative (akuzatīvs)	taju	tajus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	taja	taju
dative (datīvs)	tajam	tajiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	taju	tajiem
locative (lokatīvs)	tajā	tajos
vocative (vokatīvs)	taj	taji

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