Noun: cilts
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | cilts |
| Accusative | cilti |
| Genitive | cilts |
| Dative | ciltij |
| Instrumental | cilti |
| Locative | ciltī |
| Vocative | cilts |
Plural
| Nominative | ciltis |
| Accusative | ciltis |
| Genitive | cilšu |
| Dative | ciltīm |
| Instrumental | ciltīm |
| Locative | ciltīs |
| Vocative | ciltis |
Sample Sentences
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pirmatnējās ciltis (primitive tribes)
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klejotāju ciltis (nomadic tribes)
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mednieku ciltis (hunter tribes)
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sena cilts (ancient tribe)
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cilts virsaitis (tribal chieftain)
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viena asins... viena cilts (one blood... one clan)
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sena zvejnieku cilts (an old clan/family of fishermen)
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cilvēku cilts (the human tribe, humankind)
Nouns inflected like cilts
izkapts,
spēļu kārts,
pusnakts,
diennakts,
ģints,
kārts,
cilts,
nakts,
telts,
jakts,
klēts,
krūts,
plīts,
blakts,
klints,
nots,
Etymology
From an older, obsolete verb cilt (“to rise”), or perhaps, via ablaut, from celt (“to raise, to lift, to build”). The meaning of cilt, “to rise,” is linked to that of “to appear, to originate, to be born;” the original being thus changed from “(where) one rises, is born” to “tribe.” Cognates include Lithuanian kilti̇̀s.
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