karaliste

See also: karalistē

Latvian

Etymology

From karalis (“king”) +‎ -iste, a term coined by A. Kronvalds, borrowed from Lithuanian karalỹstė in the 1870s. Kronvalds borrowed also karalis (“king”) (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

karaliste f (5th declension)

  1. kingdom (monarchy led by a king or queen)
    Jordānijas Hašimītu karaliste ir konstitucionāla monarhija ― the Hashimite kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy
    kopš 1964. gada Svazilenda ir konstitucionāla karaliste ― since 1964 Swaziland is a constitutional kingdom

Declension
Declension of karaliste (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) karaliste karalistes
accusative (akuzatīvs) karalisti karalistes
genitive (ģenitīvs) karalistes karalistu
dative (datīvs) karalistei karalistēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) karalisti karalistēm
locative (lokatīvs) karalistē karalistēs
vocative (vokatīvs) karaliste karalistes

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References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “karalis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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