ģermānis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Germānus, a term introduced by Julius Caesar from a Gaulish word for a group of tribes living in Northeastern Gaul (probably originally the name of one of these tribes). Of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ģermānis m (2nd declension, feminine form: ģermāniete)
- (historical) (ancient) German; a member of one of the ancient Germanic peoples of primitive Germania
- es esmu ģermānis ― I am an ancient German
- romieši ģermāņus pazina labi ― the Romans knew the Germans (= Germanic people) well
- ģermāņi ap 1. gadsimtu dzīvoja plašās teritorijās starp Reinu un Vislu no rietumiem uz austrumiem ― the Germanic peoples around the 1st century (CE) lived over a wide terriotry between the Rhine and the Vistula from west to east
- (genitive plural) Germanic; pertaining to ancient Germans, their languages, and their modern descendants
- ģermāņu valodas ― the Germanic languages
- ģermāņu mitoloģija ― Germanic mythology
- ģermāņu ciltis ― Germanic tribes
Declension
[edit]Declension of ģermānis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | ģermānis | ģermāņi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | ģermāni | ģermāņus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | ģermāņa | ģermāņu |
dative (datīvs) | ģermānim | ģermāņiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | ģermāni | ģermāņiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | ģermānī | ģermāņos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | ģermāni | ģermāņi |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Categories:
- Latvian terms borrowed from Latin
- Latvian terms derived from Latin
- Latvian terms derived from Celtic languages
- Latvian terms derived from Gaulish
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian terms with historical senses
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian second declension nouns
- lv:Demonyms
- lv:Germany