latve

See also: Latve, latvē, Latvē, and latvė

Latvian

Etymology

From latvis (“Latvian”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

Noun

latve f (5th declension, masculine form: latvis)

  1. (poetic, rare) a (female) Latvian, a (female) Lett; a (female) member of the Latvian ethnic group

Usage notes

The word latve is a poetic synonym of latviete (according to two online dictionaries the LLVV and the SV), but it is no longer current, except (as a proper noun, Latve) as a poetic name for Latvia.

Declension
Declension of latve (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) latve latves
accusative (akuzatīvs) latvi latves
genitive (ģenitīvs) latves latvju
dative (datīvs) latvei latvēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) latvi latvēm
locative (lokatīvs) latvē latvēs
vocative (vokatīvs) latve latves

Lithuanian

Noun

latvè

  1. instrumental singular of lãtvė (“Latvian”)

Noun

lãtve

  1. vocative singular of lãtvė (“Latvian”)
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