Sīrija
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Syria (adapted to fit Latvian patterns, + -ija), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría), perhaps a shortened form of Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), possibly from Akkadian Ashshur, the name of the chief city of the Assyrian kingdom, and also of the main Assyrian deity.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sīrija f (4th declension)
- Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
- Sīrijas valdība ― the government of Syria
- Sīrija ir valsts Āzijā ― Syria is a country in Asia
- 2024. gada 8. decembrī Asada režīms Sīrijā sabruka ― on 8 December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria collapsed
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sīrija | — |
| genitive | Sīrijas | — |
| dative | Sīrijai | — |
| accusative | Sīriju | — |
| instrumental | Sīriju | — |
| locative | Sīrijā | — |
| vocative | Sīrija | — |