Irāka
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Etymology
[edit]Via some other European language, ultimately a Middle East term, possibly from Akkadian 𒌷𒀕 (/Uruk/), (Biblical Erech), from Sumerian 𒌷𒀕 (/Unug/), the name of a city-state region in the south of ancient Iraq. Medieval Arabic uses Iraq as a geographical term for the area in the south and center of the modern Iraq. Some Arabic sources say that Iraq comes from عَرِيق (ʕarīq, “deep-rooted”), from عِرْق (ʕirq, “root”), while others say it is from Middle Persian erāq (“lowlands”), due to historic rule from Iraq's plateau-situated neighbor, Persia.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Irāka f (4th declension)
- Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- Irākas karogs ― the flag of Iraq
- Irākas valdība ― the government of Iraq
- Irākas karš ― the Iraq war
- ASV un sabiedrotie uzbruka Irākai bez ANO sankcijas ― the USA and its allies attacked Iraq without UN sanction
Declension
[edit]Declension of Irāka (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Irāka | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Irāku | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Irākas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Irākai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Irāku | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Irākā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Irāka | — |
Synonyms
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- Latvian terms derived from Akkadian
- Latvian terms derived from Sumerian
- Latvian terms derived from Arabic
- Latvian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Latvian terms with audio links
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Iraq
- lv:Countries in Asia
- lv:Countries
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian fourth declension proper nouns