grāfs

See also: grafs

Latvian
Grāfs Ferdinands fon Cepelīns (1838-1917)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Graf (“count”), itself from Old High German grāfio (“ruler (of a region)”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

grāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: grāfiene)

  1. count, earl (nobility title, above viscount and under marquess; corresponding nobleman)
    grāfs Ferdinands fon Cepelīns ― count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
    Antons, septītais grāfs Šaftesburis ― Anthony, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
    še jaunais grāfs salīga veselu pusduci meistaru ― here the young count hired a whole half a dozen craftsmen
    pilī savas tradīcijas, un tās neviens nevar grozīt; liekas, arī pats grāfs ne ― in the castle (are) its traditions, and nobody can change them; apparently, not even the count

Declension
Declension of grāfs (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) grāfs grāfi
accusative (akuzatīvs) grāfu grāfus
genitive (ģenitīvs) grāfa grāfu
dative (datīvs) grāfam grāfiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) grāfu grāfiem
locative (lokatīvs) grāfā grāfos
vocative (vokatīvs) grāfs grāfi

Derived terms

See also
nobility titles:
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