maķedonietis

Latvian

Etymology

From Maķedonija (“Macedonia”) +‎ -ietis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

maķedonietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: maķedoniete)

  1. a (male) Macedonian, a man from (the Republic of) North Macedonia
    “Ventspili” papildina maķedonietis ― a Macedonian (soccer player) is completing the Ventspils (soccer team)
  2. (genitive plural) Macedonian; pertaining to (the Republic of) North Macedonia and its people
    maķedoniešu valoda ― Macedonian language
    maķedoniešu dziesmas ― Macedonian songs
  3. a (male) Macedonian, a member of the people of ancient Macedonia
    gladiatoru cietumā dzīvoja visdažādāko tautību pārstāvji: trāķieši, sīrieši, maķedonieši ― in the gladiator prison there lived members of a wide range of ethnicities: Thracians, Syrians, Macedonians
  4. (genitive plural) Macedonian; pertaining to ancient Macedonia and its people
    maķedoniešu ekspanisja ― the Macedonian expansion (336-323 BCE)

Declension

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