indoeiropietis
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]From Indija (“India”) + eiropietis (“European”) (indo- is a nationality prefix corresponding to India), following the pattern of other similar formations in other European languages (cf. German Indoeuropäer, Russian индоевропе́ец (indojevropéjec), all tracing back to Sir Thomas Young's original English 1813 coinage Indo-European).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]indoeiropietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: indoeiropiete)
- (male) Indo-European (a member of the presumed Indo-European people; one of their present-day descendants)
- indoeiropieši Latvijā ― the Indo-Europeans in Latvia
- šo vārdu indoeiropieši ir aizņēmuši no semītiem ― this word the Indo-Europenas took from the Semites
- albāniski normāls indoeiropietis neko nevar saprast ― a normal Indo-European cannot understand anything in Albanian
- (genitive plural) Indo-European; pertaining to the Indo-Europeans and their language; pertaining to the present-day peoples and languages descended from Proto-Indo-European
- indoeiropiešu valodas ― Indo-European languages
- indoeiropiešu valodu saime ― Indo-European language family
- indoeiropiešu pirmvaloda ― Indo-European protolanguage
- indoeiropiešu valodniecība ― Indo-European linguistics
- indoeiropiešu tautas ― Indo-European peoples
- indoeiropiešu reliģija ― Indo-European religion
- indoeiropiešu mitoloģija ― Indo-European mythology
- indoeiropiešu kultūra ― Indo-European culture
Declension
[edit]Declension of indoeiropietis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | indoeiropietis | indoeiropieši |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | indoeiropieti | indoeiropiešus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | indoeiropieša | indoeiropiešu |
| dative (datīvs) | indoeiropietim | indoeiropiešiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | indoeiropieti | indoeiropiešiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | indoeiropietī | indoeiropiešos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | indoeiropieti | indoeiropieši |