bengālis
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Bengali বাংলা (bengla, “Bengal”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is).
Noun
bengālis m (2nd declension, feminine form: bengāliete)
- Bengali (a man born in the region of Bengal, a member of the Bengali people)
- (genitive plural): Bengali; pertaining to Bengal or to the Bengali people
- bengāļu valoda ― the Bengali language
- bengāļu literatūra ― the Bengali litarature
- bengāļu kaķis ― Bengali cat
- bengāļu ģimene ― a Bengali family
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Declension
Declension of bengālis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | bengālis | bengāļi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | bengāli | bengāļus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | bengāļa | bengāļu |
| dative (datīvs) | bengālim | bengāļiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | bengāli | bengāļiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | bengālī | bengāļos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | bengāli | bengāļi |
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