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sportists

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Latvian

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Sportists Kaspars Dumbris

Etymology

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From sports (“sports”) +‎ -ists. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sportists m (1st declension, feminine form: sportiste)

  1. sportsman, athlete (a man systematically engaged in sports)
    pirmās klases sportists ― top quality sportsman
    sportista veiklību ― a sportsman's agility
    ikviens sportists pirms cīņas saņem konkrētu uzdevumu ― every player (lit. sportsman) before the competition (= game, match) takes on a concrete task
    ir liela atšķirība starp muskuļu piepūli sportā un pat vissmagākā fiziskā darbā... sportista piepūle ir lielākoties īslaicīga, bet ļoti intensīva ― there is a big difference between effort in sports and the heaviest physical work... a sportsman's effort is mostly temporary, but very intense

Declension

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Declension of sportists (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative sportists sportisti
genitive sportista sportistu
dative sportistam sportistiem
accusative sportistu sportistus
instrumental sportistu sportistiem
locative sportistā sportistos
vocative sportist sportisti

Synonyms

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