Latvian

Noun

mongolis m (2nd declension, feminine form: mongoliete)

1. (male) Mongol, Mongolian (a man, person from Mongolia or of Mongolian descent)

   mongolis Batbajaru atzīst: viņa zeme ir Latvija, tur, kur ir viņa ģimene‎ ― the Mongolian Batbajaru admits: his country is Latvia, there, where his family is

2. (male) Mongol (a member of one of the Mongol ethnic groups, in Mongolia and elsewhere)

   Ķīnas mongoļi‎ ― China's mongols

   mongoļu zemes vēsture ir ļoti sena, tā ietver gan Čingishana karagājienus, gan drūmos gadsimtus mandžūru jūgā‎ ― the history of the Mongol land is very old, it includes both Gengis Khan's crusades and the gloomy centuries under the Manchurian yoke

3. (genitive plural): Mongol, Mongolian; pertaining to Mongolia or to Mongol people

   mongoļu valoda‎ ― the Mongol language

   mongoļu sakāmvārds‎ ― Mongol proverb

   mongoļu impērija‎ ― Mongol empire

Declension

Related terms

• Mongolija
• mongolisks
• mongoļu valoda