dienvidslāvs
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dienvidi (“south”) + slāvs (“Slav”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Југославија (Jugoslavija), from the words југ (jug, “south”) and Славен, Словен (slaven, sloven, “Slav”).
Noun
[edit]dienvidslāvs m (1st declension, feminine form: dienvidslāviete)
- a (male) southern Slav, a member of one of the southern Slavic peoples (Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Bulgarians)
- (genitive plural) south Slavic, pertaining to the south Slavic peoples
- (dated sense, before 1992) a (male) citizen of the former Yugoslavia
- (dated sense, before 1992, genitive plural) Yugoslav, Yugoslavian (pertaining to Yugoslavia and its peoples)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dienvidslāvs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | dienvidslāvs | dienvidslāvi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | dienvidslāvu | dienvidslāvus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | dienvidslāva | dienvidslāvu |
| dative (datīvs) | dienvidslāvam | dienvidslāviem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | dienvidslāvu | dienvidslāviem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | dienvidslāvā | dienvidslāvos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | dienvidslāv | dienvidslāvi |