sīrietis

Latvian

From Sīr(ija) (“Syria”) +‎ -ietis.

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sīrietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: sīriete)

a Syrian, a Syrian man, a man from Syria or of Syrian descent
bēglis sīrietis slavē latviešus, apbrīno Latvijas valdību ― a Syrian refugee praised Latvians (and) admired the Latvian government

gladiatoru cietumā dzīvoja visdažādāko tautību pārstāvji: trāķieši, sīrieši, maķedonieši ― in the gladiator prison there lived members of a wide range of ethnicities: Thracians, Syrians, Macedonians
(genitive plural) Syrian, pertaining to Syria and its people
sīriešu mitoloģija ― Syrian mythology