lielhercogs

Latvian

Anrī Albērs, Luksemburgas lielhercogs (2009)

Etymology

From liels (“big, great”) +‎ hercogs (“duke”), as a calque of other similarly formed terms: German Großherzog (from groß (“big, great”) and Herzog (“duke”)), English grand duke (from French grand-duc), etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lielhercogs m (1st declension, feminine form: lielhercogiene)

1. grand duke (nobility title, above duke and under archduke; corresponding nobleman)

   Anrī Albērs ir pašreizējais Luksemburgas lielhercogs ― Henri Albert is the current grand duke of Luxembourg

Declension

Declension of lielhercogs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	lielhercogs	lielhercogi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	lielhercogu	lielhercogus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	lielhercoga	lielhercogu
dative (datīvs)	lielhercogam	lielhercogiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	lielhercogu	lielhercogiem
locative (lokatīvs)	lielhercogā	lielhercogos
vocative (vokatīvs)	lielhercog	lielhercogi

Derived terms

• lielhercogiste

See also

nobility titles:

• barons, baronese
• firsts, firstiene
• grāfs, grāfiene
• hercogs, hercogiene
  • erchercogs, erchercogiene
  • lielhercogs, lielhercogiene

• kņazs, kņaziene
  • lielkņazs, lielkņaziene
• marķīzs, marķīze
• princis, princese
• vikonts, vikontese