erchercogs

Latvian

Austrijas erchercogs Francis Ferdinands (1863-1914)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Erzherzog (“archduke”), itself from German Herzog (“duke”) with a prefix erz- (“arch-”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

erchercogs m (1st declension, feminine form: erchercogiene)

1. archduke (high nobility title, above grand duke and under prince; corresponding nobleman)
2. archduke (a title for the members of the imperial house of Habsburg)

   Francis Ferdinands bija Austrijas erchercogs un Hābsburgu dinastijas troņmantinieks ― Franz Ferdinand was archduke of Austria and heir presumptive of the Habsburg dynasty

Declension

Declension of erchercogs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	erchercogs	erchercogi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	erchercogu	erchercogus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	erchercoga	erchercogu
dative (datīvs)	erchercogam	erchercogiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	erchercogu	erchercogiem
locative (lokatīvs)	erchercogā	erchercogos
vocative (vokatīvs)	erchercog	erchercogi

Derived terms

• erchercogiste

See also

nobility titles:

• barons, baronese
• firsts, firstiene
• grāfs, grāfiene
• hercogs, hercogiene
  • erchercogs, erchercogiene
  • lielhercogs, lielhercogiene
• kņazs, kņaziene
  • lielkņazs, lielkņaziene
• marķīzs, marķīze
• princis, princese
• vikonts, vikontese