sportists
Latvian
Sportists Kaspars Dumbris
Etymology
From sports (“sports”) + -ists. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.
Noun
sportists m (1st declension, feminine form: sportiste)
- sportsman, athlete (a man systematically engaged in sports)
- pirmās klases sportists ― top quality sportsman
- sportista veiklību ― a sportsman's agility
- ikviens sportists pirms cīņas saņem konkrētu uzdevumu ― every player (lit. sportsman) before the competition (= game, match) takes on a concrete task
- ir liela atšķirība starp muskuļu piepūli sportā un pat vissmagākā fiziskā darbā... sportista piepūle ir lielākoties īslaicīga, bet ļoti intensīva ― there is a big difference between effort in sports and the heaviest physical work... a sportsman's effort is mostly temporary, but very intense
Declension
Declension of sportists (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sportists | sportisti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sportistu | sportistus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sportista | sportistu |
| dative (datīvs) | sportistam | sportistiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sportistu | sportistiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sportistā | sportistos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sportist | sportisti |
Synonyms
- atlēts
Related terms
- sportisks, sportiskums
- sports