islandietis

See also: īslandietis

Latvian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Islande (Iceland) +‎ -ietis.

Noun

islandietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: islandiete)

  1. an Icelander, a man from Iceland
    islandietis Pētersons no Rīgasthe Icelander Peterson from Rīga
  2. (genitive plural): Icelandic, pertaining to Iceland and its people
    islandiešu valodathe Icelandic language
    islandiešu literatūraIcelandic literature

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 islandietis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative islandietis islandieši
genitive islandieša islandiešu
dative islandietim islandiešiem
accusative islandieti islandiešus
instrumental islandieti islandiešiem
locative islandietī islandiešos
vocative islandieti islandieši