islandietis
See also: īslandietis
Latvian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Islande (“Iceland”) + -ietis.
Noun
[edit]islandietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: islandiete)
- an Icelander, a man from Iceland
- islandietis Pētersons no Rīgas ― the Icelander Peterson from Rīga
- (genitive plural): Icelandic, pertaining to Iceland and its people
- islandiešu valoda ― the Icelandic language
- islandiešu literatūra ― Icelandic literature
Usage notes
[edit]The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.
Declension
[edit]Declension of islandietis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | islandietis | islandieši |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | islandieti | islandiešus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | islandieša | islandiešu |
| dative (datīvs) | islandietim | islandiešiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | islandieti | islandiešiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | islandietī | islandiešos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | islandieti | islandieši |