Ēģipte
Latvian
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Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Ægyptus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “temple of the ka of Ptah”) (whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ)), initially referring to Ptah’s temple in the city of Memphis, a capital during the Middle Kingdom.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ēģipte f (5th declension)
- Egypt (a country in northeastern Africa; capital: Cairo)
- Ēģiptes karogs ― the flag of Egypt
- Ēģiptē ir sauss klimats ― (there) is dry climate in Egypt (= the climate of Egypt is dry)
- nozīmīgs Ēģiptes dabas resurss ir Nīlas upe ― an important natural resource of Egypt is the Nile river
- (historical) Egypt (civilization which flourished along the Nile river in Antiquity)
- Egypt (a village in Latvia, near the border with Lithuania)
- 'Ēģipte ir ciems Daugavpils novada Medumu pagastā ― Egypt is a village in the Medumi parish of the Daugavpils municipality
Declension
Declension of Ēģipte (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Ēģipte | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Ēģipti | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Ēģiptes | — |
dative (datīvs) | Ēģiptei | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Ēģipti | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Ēģiptē | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Ēģipte | — |
Synonyms
Related terms
Categories:
- Latvian terms borrowed from Latin
- Latvian terms derived from Latin
- Latvian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latvian terms derived from Egyptian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Egypt
- lv:Countries in Africa
- lv:Countries
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian terms with historical senses
- Latvian fifth declension proper nouns
- Latvian proper noun forms