itālietis

Latvian

Etymology

From itālis (“Italian”) +‎ -ietis.

Pronunciation
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Noun

itālietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: itāliete)

  1. a (male) Italian, a man from Italy or of Italian descent
  2. (genitive plural) Italian; pertaining to Italy and its people
    italiešu valoda ― the Italian language

Usage notes

There is a synonym noun itālis, but itālietis is preferred in almost all senses; itālis is most often used in the plural itāļi to refer to the Italic peoples of ancient (pre-Roman) Italy. The only exception is the name of the Italian language, for which itāļu valoda is as frequent as itāliešu valoda.

Declension
Declension of itālietis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) itālietis itālieši
accusative (akuzatīvs) itālieti itāliešus
genitive (ģenitīvs) itālieša itāliešu
dative (datīvs) itālietim itāliešiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) itālieti itāliešiem
locative (lokatīvs) itālietī itāliešos
vocative (vokatīvs) itālieti itālieši

Synonyms
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