Irāka
Latvian
Etymology
Via some other European language, ultimately a Middle East term, possibly from Akkadian 𒌷𒀕 (/Uruk/), (Biblical Erech), from Sumerian 𒌷𒀕 (/Unug/), the name of a city-state region in the south of ancient Iraq. Medieval Arabic uses Iraq as a geographical term for the area in the south and center of the modern Iraq. Some Arabic sources say that Iraq comes from عَرِيق (ʿarīq, “deep-rooted”), from عِرْق (ʿirq, “root”), while others say it is from Middle Persian erāq (“lowlands”), due to historic rule from Iraq's plateau-situated neighbor, Persia.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Irāka f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of Irāka (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Irāka | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Irāku | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Irākas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Irākai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Irāku | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Irākā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Irāka | — |
Synonyms
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