tirgonis
Latvian
Etymology
From tirgus (“market”) + -onis + -tirg(us).
Pronunciation
Noun
tirgonis m (2nd declension, masculine form: tirgone)
- merchant, dealer, trader (a man who works in commerce, who sells and buys goods)
- ielās Singapūrā daudz veikalu un tirgoņu ― on the streets in Singapore there are many shops and merchants, dealers
- es savā laikā taisījos tevi mācīt tirgoņa amatā ― in my free time I will make myself teach you the office of merchant, trader
- pie savām kastēm, kas uzliktas vienkārši uz ratiem, stāv saldējumu tirgoņi ― next to their cases, which were placed simply on the cart, were the ice cream dealers
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tirgonis | tirgoņi |
| genitive | tirgoņa | tirgoņu |
| dative | tirgonim | tirgoņiem |
| accusative | tirgoni | tirgoņus |
| instrumental | tirgoni | tirgoņiem |
| locative | tirgonī | tirgoņos |
| vocative | tirgoni | tirgoņi |