etnisks

Latvian

Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin ethnicus (“pagan, heathen”), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company”, later “a people or nation, heathens”).

Adjective

etnisks (definite etniskais, comparative etniskāks, superlative visetniskākais, adverb etniski)

  1. ethnic (relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins)
    etniska grupa ― ethnic group
    etniskas īpatnības ― ethnic background, features
    iedzīvotāju etniskais sastāvs ― the ethnic composition of the population
    etniskie konflikti ― ethnic conflicts

Declension

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