igaunis

Latvian

Etymology

Probably derived from the old name of a region in Estonia, corresponding to Latin Ugaunia (where the initial u was probably pronounced as ü). It is also possible that the original word was the name of a tribe living to the East of the Germans, called in Latin Inguaeones. These two Latin terms may also be ultimately related.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [iɡāwnis]
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Noun

igaunis m (2nd declension, feminine form: igauniete)

  1. an Estonian man, a man born in Estonia
  2. (genitive plural) Estonian; pertaining to Estonia and its people
    igauņu valoda ― the Estonian language
    igauņu literatūra ― Estonian literature
    igauņu dzejnieki ― Estonian poets

Declension
Declension of igaunis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) igaunis igauņi
accusative (akuzatīvs) igauni igauņus
genitive (ģenitīvs) igauņa igauņu
dative (datīvs) igaunim igauņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) igauni igauņiem
locative (lokatīvs) igaunī igauņos
vocative (vokatīvs) igauni igauņi

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “igauņi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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