karaliste

See also: karalistē

Latvian

Etymology

From karalis (“king”) +‎ -iste, a term coined by A. Kronvalds, borrowed from Lithuanian karalỹstė in the 1870s. Kronvalds borrowed also karalis (“king”) (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

karaliste f (5th declension)

  1. kingdom (monarchy led by a king or queen)
    Jordānijas Hašimītu karaliste ir konstitucionāla monarhija ― the Hashimite kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy
    kopš 1964. gada Svazilenda ir konstitucionāla karaliste ― since 1964 Swaziland is a constitutional kingdom

Declension

Declension of karaliste (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative karaliste karalistes
genitive karalistes karalistu
dative karalistei karalistēm
accusative karalisti karalistes
instrumental karalisti karalistēm
locative karalistē karalistēs
vocative karaliste karalistes

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “karalis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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