slovēnis

Latvian

Apparently borrowed from Slovene Slovenec (“Slovene”), probably via other European languages.

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slovēnis m (2nd declension, feminine form: slovēniete)

a (male) Slovene, a man from Slovenia
slovēnis nopeldējis distanci Donavas garumā ― a Slovene swam the (whole) length of the Danube (river)
(genitive plural) Slovene, Slovenian; pertaining to Slovenia and its people
slovēņu valoda ― the Slovene language

slovēņu kultūra ― Slovene culture

Declension of slovēnis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slovēnis	slovēņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slovēni	slovēņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slovēņa	slovēņu
dative (datīvs)	slovēnim	slovēņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slovēni	slovēņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	slovēnī	slovēņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	slovēni	slovēņi