moldāvietis
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From moldāvs (“Moldovan, Moldavian”) + -ietis.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]moldāvietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: moldāviete)
- a (male) Moldovan or Moldavian, a man from Moldova
- kopējā darbā nebija nozīmes, vai tu esi latvietis vai moldāvietis, krievs vai itālietis, lietuvietis vai ukrainis ― in the whole work (= for the work as a whole) it didn't matter whether you are Latvian or Moldavian, Russian or Italian, Lithuanian or Ukrainian
- (genitive plural) Moldovan, Moldavian; pertaining to Moldova and its people
- moldāviešu valoda ― the Moldovan language
- moldāviešu dejas ― Moldovan dances
- moldāviešu stāsti ― Moldovan stories
Usage notes
[edit]The terms moldāvs and moldāvietis are synonymous; of the two, moldāvs is the most frequently used.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | moldāvietis | moldāvieši |
| genitive | moldāvieša | moldāviešu |
| dative | moldāvietim | moldāviešiem |
| accusative | moldāvieti | moldāviešus |
| instrumental | moldāvieti | moldāviešiem |
| locative | moldāvietī | moldāviešos |
| vocative | moldāvieti | moldāvieši |