mongolis
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Mongolian монгол (mongol, “Mongol”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).
Pronunciation
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Noun
mongolis m (2nd declension, feminine form: mongoliete)
- (male) Mongol, Mongolian (a man, person from Mongolia or of Mongolian descent)
- mongolis Batbajaru atzīst: viņa zeme ir Latvija, tur, kur ir viņa ģimene ― the Mongolian Batbajaru admits: his country is Latvia, there, where his family is
- (male) Mongol (a member of one of the Mongol ethnic groups, in Mongolia and elsewhere)
- Ķīnas mongoļi ― China's mongols
- mongoļu zemes vēsture ir ļoti sena, tā ietver gan Čingishana karagājienus, gan drūmos gadsimtus mandžūru jūgā ― the history of the Mongol land is very old, it includes both Gengis Khan's crusades and the gloomy centuries under the Manchurian yoke
- (genitive plural): Mongol, Mongolian; pertaining to Mongolia or to Mongol people
- mongoļu valoda ― the Mongol language
- mongoļu sakāmvārds ― Mongol proverb
- mongoļu impērija ― Mongol empire
Declension
Declension of mongolis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mongolis | mongoļi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mongoli | mongoļus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mongoļa | mongoļu |
| dative (datīvs) | mongolim | mongoļiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mongoli | mongoļiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mongolī | mongoļos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mongoli | mongoļi |
Related terms
- Mongolija
- mongolisks
- mongoļu valoda