Noun: priesteris
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | priesteris |
| Accusative | priesteri |
| Genitive | priestera |
| Dative | priesterim |
| Instrumental | priesteri |
| Locative | priesterī |
| Vocative | priesteri |
Plural
| Nominative | priesteri |
| Accusative | priesterus |
| Genitive | priesteru |
| Dative | priesteriem |
| Instrumental | priesteriem |
| Locative | priesteros |
| Vocative | priesteri |
Sample Sentences
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katoļu, pareizticīgo priesteris (Catholic, Orthodox priest)
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senēģiptiešu priesteris (ancient Egyptian priest)
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kristietībā priesteris ir amatpersona, kas pēc nozīmes ir starp bīskapu un diakonu (in Christianity, a priest is an official intermediary in importance between a bishop and a deacon)
Nouns inflected like priesteris
sarķis,
skuķis,
ķauķis,
septembris,
bumbieris,
trijstūris,
pulveris,
zeņķis,
mūziķis,
pareģis,
dziedzeris,
smiltsērkšķis,
fonētiķis,
gaisakuģis,
rūķītis,
pērtiķis,
sliņķis,
gramatiķis,
finieris,
āzenis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German prēster, or maybe from Middle Dutch preester (cf. German Priester), itself a borrowing from Late Latin presbyter, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). The Latvian term is first mentioned in 17th-century sources. See: German Nouns '
Priester', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πρεσβύτερος'.
Translations