Noun: brits
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | brits |
| Accusative | britu |
| Genitive | brita |
| Dative | britam |
| Instrumental | britu |
| Locative | britā |
| Vocative | brit |
Plural
| Nominative | briti |
| Accusative | britus |
| Genitive | britu |
| Dative | britiem |
| Instrumental | britiem |
| Locative | britos |
| Vocative | briti |
Sample Sentences
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es esmu brits (I am a British man)
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britu armija (the British army)
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Britu impērija (the British Empire)
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Britu Kolumbija (British Columbia (Canadian province))
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5. gadsimtā pirms mūsu ēras Britu salas iekaroja ķeltu ciltis: briti un skoti (in the 5th century BC Celtic tribes - the Britons and the Scots (Gaels) - conquered the British Isles)
Nouns inflected like brits
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Brittō or its Celtic equivalent (see Brython), probably via some other European language (cf. German Brite, Russian бритт (britt)). See: German Nouns '
Brite', Russian Nouns '
бритт'.
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