Sīrija
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed 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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sīrija f (4th declension)
- Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)
- Sīrijas karogs ― the flag of Syria
- Sīrijas valdība ― the government of Syria
- Sīrija ir valsts Āzijā ― Syria is a country in Asia
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sīrija (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Sīrija | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Sīriju | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Sīrijas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Sīrijai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Sīriju | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Sīrijā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Sīrija | — |
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Latvian terms borrowed from Latin
- Latvian terms derived from Latin
- Latvian terms suffixed with -ija
- Latvian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Syria
- lv:Countries in Asia
- lv:Countries
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian fourth declension proper nouns