Sīrija

See also: Sirija and Sīrijā

Latvian

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Sīrija (Eirāzijā)

Sīrijas karogs

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from Latin Syria (adapted to fit Latvian patterns, +‎ -ija), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría), perhaps a shortened form of Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), possibly from Akkadian Ashshur, the name of the chief city of the Assyrian kingdom, and also of the main Assyrian deity.

Proper noun

Sīrija f (4th declension)

1. Syria (country in the Middle East in Asia, with Damascus as its capital)

   Sīrijas karogs — the flag of Syria

   Sīrijas valdība — the government of Syria

   Sīrija ir valsts Āzijā — Syria is a country in Asia

Declension

Declension of Sīrija (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Sīrija	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Sīriju	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Sīrijas	—
dative (datīvs)	Sīrijai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Sīriju	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Sīrijā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Sīrija	—

Synonyms

• Sīrijas Arābu Republika

Related terms

• sīrietis, sīriete
• sīrisks