Laitviach

Irish

Etymology

From An Laitvia (“Latvia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Laitviach (genitive singular masculine Laitviaigh, genitive singular feminine Laitviaiche, plural Laitviacha, not comparable)

1. Latvian

Declension

Declension of Laitviach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Laitviach	Laitviach	Laitviacha
vocative	Laitviach		Laitviacha
genitive		Laitviaiche	Laitviacha	Laitviach
dative	Laitviach	Laitviach	Laitviacha
Comparative	níos Laitviaiche
Superlative	is Laitviaiche

Related terms

• Laitvis (“the Latvian language”)

Noun

Laitviach m (genitive singular Laitviaigh, nominative plural Laitviaigh)

1. Latvian (person)

Declension

Declension of Laitviach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Laitviach Laitviaigh vocative a Laitviaigh a Laitviacha genitive Laitviaigh Laitviach dative Laitviach Laitviaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Laitviach na Laitviaigh genitive an Laitviaigh na Laitviach dative leis an Laitviach don Laitviach leis na Laitviaigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Laitviach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Laitviach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024