Eirōp

Livonian

Etymology

Likely via Latvian Eiropa ([ɛiroːpa]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eiroːp/

Proper noun

Eirōp

  1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
    • Valda Šuvcāne, Ieva Ernštreite (1999, 2005), Latvian-Livonian-English Phrase Book, Eraksti, →ISBN
      Eiropa – Eirōp – Europe
      Europe – Europe – Europe
    • Latvian Constitution
      Iļ Lețmō jaggõvõtāmiz Eirōp Ītst um loptāntõmõst rōvīeltimizõks [sic], mis panāb jeddõ Saeima.
      Latvian participation in the European Union must be decided via popular vote (of) the same (voters) who voted in Saeima.

Declension

Perhaps by error LĒL lists this term as type 127 – vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like for Kanād the most regular type (135 – āigast) is given in this entry.

Declension of Eirōp (135)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) Eirōp
genitive (genitīv) Eirōp
partitive (partitīv) Eirōpõ
dative (datīv) Eirōpõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) Eirōpõks
illative (illatīv) Eirōpõ
inessive (inesīv) Eirōpõs
Eirōps
elative (elatīv) Eirōpõst
Eirōpst