islandietis

See also: īslandietis

Latvian

Alternative forms

• īslandietis

Etymology

From Islande (“Iceland”) +‎ -ietis.

Noun

islandietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: islandiete)

1. an Icelander, a man from Iceland

   islandietis Pētersons no Rīgas ― the Icelander Peterson from Rīga

2. (genitive plural): Icelandic, pertaining to Iceland and its people

   islandiešu valoda ― the Icelandic language

   islandiešu literatūra ― Icelandic literature

Usage notes

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

Declension of islandietis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	islandietis	islandieši
genitive	islandieša	islandiešu
dative	islandietim	islandiešiem
accusative	islandieti	islandiešus
instrumental	islandieti	islandiešiem
locative	islandietī	islandiešos
vocative	islandieti	islandieši

Related terms

• Islande
• islandiešu valoda
• islandisks