arābs
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian ара́бъ (aráb), from French Arabe, from Latin Arabus.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]arābs m (1st declension, feminine form: arābiete)
- (male) Arab, a man belonging to the Arabic people or from an Arabic country
- arābs par 20 miljoniem pārdod savu dēlu ― an Arab sold his son for 20 million
- arābi ir semītu pan-etnoss, kas apdzīvo Tuvos Austrumus un Ziemeļāfriku ― the Arabs are a panethnicity that inhabits the Near East and North Africa
- (genitive plural) Arabic, pertaining to the Arabic language, Arabs or their countries
- arābu valstis ― Arabic countries
- arābu valoda ― the Arabic language
- arābu alfabēts ― Arabic alphabet
- arābu zirgs ― Arab horse
- arābu pasakas ― Arabic folk tales
- arābu cipari ― Arabic numbers
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arābs | arābi |
| genitive | arāba | arābu |
| dative | arābam | arābiem |
| accusative | arābu | arābus |
| instrumental | arābu | arābiem |
| locative | arābā | arābos |
| vocative | arāb | arābi |