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)

  1. (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
  2. (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
  3. (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

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