islandietis
See also: īslandietis
Latvian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Islande (“Iceland”) + -ietis.
Noun
islandietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: islandiete)
- an Icelander, a man from Iceland
- islandietis Pētersons no Rīgas ― the Icelander Peterson from Rīga
- (genitive plural): Icelandic, pertaining to Iceland and its people
- islandiešu valoda ― the Icelandic language
- islandiešu literatūra ― Icelandic 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | islandietis | islandieši |
| genitive | islandieša | islandiešu |
| dative | islandietim | islandiešiem |
| accusative | islandieti | islandiešus |
| instrumental | islandieti | islandiešiem |
| locative | islandietī | islandiešos |
| vocative | islandieti | islandieši |