ungārs

See also: ungars

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages (cf. Medieval Latin Ungaria, Hungaria, Medieval Greek Ούγγροι (Oúngroi, “Hungarians”)), ultimately borrowed from Oghur *On-Ogur (“ten (tribes) of the Ogur”), referring to the Utigur Bulgar tribal confederacy which ruled the eastern parts of Hungary prior to the arrival of the Magyars (Hungarians).

Noun

ungārs m (1st declension, feminine form: ungāriete)

1. a Hungarian man, a man born in Hungary

   uz kuģa Lilitai īpašu uzmanību pievērš elegants ungārs ― on the ship, an elegant Hungarian paid special attention to Lilita

2. (genitive plural) Hungarian; pertaining to Hungary and its people

   ungāru valoda ― the Hungarian language

   ungāru mūzika, deja ― Hungarian music, dance

Declension

Declension of ungārs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ungārs	ungāri
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ungāru	ungārus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ungāra	ungāru
dative (datīvs)	ungāram	ungāriem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ungāru	ungāriem
locative (lokatīvs)	ungārā	ungāros
vocative (vokatīvs)	ungār	ungāri

Related terms

• Ungārija
• ungārisks
• ungāru valoda