irānis

See also: Iranis

Latvian

Etymology

From Irāna (“Iran”), made into a second-declension masculine noun (ending -is).

Noun

irānis m (2nd declension, feminine form: irāniete)

1. an Iranian man, a man from Iran or of Iranian descent

   142 gadus vecs irānis jūtas jauns ― a 142-year-old Iranian (man) feels young

   irāņi kritizē valdību par lēno reakciju pēc zemestrīces ― Iranians criticize the government for (their) slow response after the earthquake

2. (genitive plural): Iranian, pertaining to Iran and its people; pertaining to the Iranian languages

   irāņu valodas ― Iranian languages

   irāņu-amerikāņu komiķis Mazs Džobrani ― Iranian-American comedian Mazs Džobrani

Usage notes

The terms irānietis and irānis are synonyms; irānis is more frequently used to refer to the ancient Iranian people, or to Iranian as a subgroup of Indo-European, while irānietis more often refers to actual citizens of the State of Iran.

Declension

Declension of irānis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	irānis	irāņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	irāni	irāņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	irāņa	irāņu
dative (datīvs)	irānim	irāņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	irāni	irāņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	irānī	irāņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	irāni	irāņi

Synonyms

• irānietis

Related terms

• Irāna
• irānisks