horvāts

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Хрват (hrvat), from *hurva (“mountain”); cf. Russian хребет (xrebet, “mountain range”). The original meaning was thus “highlander, mountaineer.” A different opinion is that this may be a non-Slavic, possible Germanic or Iranian, word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

horvāts m (1st declension, feminine form: horvātiete)

1. a (male) Croatian, a man from Croatia or of Croatian descent

   horvāti ir nācija, kas pieder pie dienvidslāvu tautu grupas ― the Croatians are a nation that belongs to the South Slavic group

   par “Valmieras” galveno treneri klūst horvāts Zorans Kalpičs ― the Croat Zoran Kalpić has become the main coach of the “Valmieras” team

2. (genitive plural) Croatian, pertaining to Croatia and its people

   horvātu valoda ― the Croatian language

   horvātu tautas mūzika ― Croatian folk music

   horvātu mīklas ― Croatian riddles

Declension

Declension of horvāts (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	horvāts	horvāti
accusative (akuzatīvs)	horvātu	horvātus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	horvāta	horvātu
dative (datīvs)	horvātam	horvātiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	horvātu	horvātiem
locative (lokatīvs)	horvātā	horvātos
vocative (vokatīvs)	horvāt	horvāti

Related terms

• Horvātija
• horvātisks
• horvātu valoda