kirgīzs
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Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Kyrgyz ҝыргыз, itself from Old Turkish kırk (“forty”) and uz (“tribes”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]kirgīzs m (1st declension, feminine form: kirgīziete)
- a (male) Kyrgyz, a man from Kyrgyzstan or of Kyrgyz descent
- kirgīzs viņš nav, bet ir Kirgīzstanā strādājis ― a Kyrgyz he is not, but he has worked in Kyrgyzstan
- ja kirgīzs iebrauks uzbeku rajonā, viņš tiks nolinčots ― if a Kyrgyz (man) entered the Uzbek district, he would be lynched
- kirgīzi ir viena no tjurku tautām un Kirgizstānas pamatiedzīvotāji ― the Kyrgyz are one of the Turkic peoples and the indigenous people of Kyrgyzstan
- (genitive plural) Kyrgyz, pertaining to Kyrgyzstan and its people
- kirgīzu valoda ― the Kyrgyz language
- kirgīzu literatūra ― Kyrgyz literature
- S. Mogiļevskas “Maksimka” ir stāsts par kādu kirgīzu zēnu ― S. Mogiļevska's “Maksimka” is a story about a certain Kyrgyz boy
Declension
[edit]Declension of kirgīzs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kirgīzs | kirgīzi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kirgīzu | kirgīzus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kirgīza | kirgīzu |
| dative (datīvs) | kirgīzam | kirgīziem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kirgīzu | kirgīziem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | kirgīzā | kirgīzos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | kirgīz | kirgīzi |
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