Noun: itālis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | itālis |
| Accusative | itāli |
| Genitive | itāļa |
| Dative | itālim |
| Instrumental | itāli |
| Locative | itālī |
| Vocative | itāli |
Plural
| Nominative | itāļi |
| Accusative | itāļus |
| Genitive | itāļu |
| Dative | itāļiem |
| Instrumental | itāļiem |
| Locative | itāļos |
| Vocative | itāļi |
Sample Sentences
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(usually in the plural) itāļi, the Italic peoples
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itāļu valoda (the Italian language)
Nouns inflected like itālis
seklis,
skaitlis,
vēdeklis,
ķeblis,
vēceklis,
krauklis,
sēklis,
bacilis,
skrimslis,
pedālis,
zaglis,
numerālis,
uzgalis,
portugālis,
spieģelis,
paeglis,
kabatzaglis,
gaismeklis,
cīrulis,
sabulis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin italus, itself possibly a borrowing from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy (today's Calabria), possibly a cognate of Latin vitulus (“calf”), meaning perhaps “land of cattle.” Other theories include the name of an ancient or legendary leader Italus, or also an old borrowing from Illyrian. See: Latin Nouns '
italus', Latin Nouns '
vitulus'.
Translations