tirdzinieks

Latvian

Etymology

From tirg(us) (“market”) +‎ -inieks, with palatalization of g to dz.

Noun

tirdzinieks m (1st declension, feminine form: tirdziniece)

1. trader, dealer, merchant (a person, a man who buys and sells in a marketplace)

   tirdzinieku letes ― merchants counters

   pirms katriem lielākiem svētkiem Gulbenē no visām pasaules malām sabrauca tirdzinieki ― before every major holiday merchants arrived to Gulbene from all over the world

Declension

Declension of tirdzinieks (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	tirdzinieks	tirdzinieki
genitive	tirdzinieka	tirdzinieku
dative	tirdziniekam	tirdziniekiem
accusative	tirdzinieku	tirdziniekus
instrumental	tirdzinieku	tirdziniekiem
locative	tirdziniekā	tirdziniekos
vocative	tirdziniek	tirdzinieki

Synonyms

• tirgonis
• tirgotājs

Derived terms

• tirdzniecība
• tirdzniecisks