islandiete

Latvian

Etymology

From Islande (Iceland) +‎ -iete, or islandietis (Icelander) +‎ -e (fem.).

Noun

islandiete f (5th declension, masculine form: islandietis)

  1. a female Icelander, an Icelandic woman, a woman from Iceland
    islandiete simboliski atklāj Eirovīzijas nedēļuan Icelandic woman symbolically opens the Eurovision week

Usage notes

The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.

Declension

Declension of islandiete (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative islandiete islandietes
genitive islandietes islandiešu
dative islandietei islandietēm
accusative islandieti islandietes
instrumental islandieti islandietēm
locative islandietē islandietēs
vocative islandiete islandietes