miests
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish miasto. Compare Lithuanian miẽstas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmīɛ̄st͡s]
Noun
miests m (1st declension)
- (archaic) city-like settlement
- (colloquial) rural center, village
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | miests | miesti |
| genitive | miesta | miestu |
| dative | miestam | miestiem |
| accusative | miestu | miestus |
| instrumental | miestu | miestiem |
| locative | miestā | miestos |
| vocative | miest | miesti |
Synonyms
Samogitian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish miasto or Belarusian ме́ста (mjésta), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *mě̀sto. Compare Lithuanian miẽstas, Latvian miẽsts, Old Prussian mestan.
Noun
miests m
- city, town
- 2024, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Juozas Pabrėža, Mažāsis princos [The Little Prince][1], Fondation Jean-Marc Probst pour Le Petit Prince, →ISBN, page 55:
- Muokslėninks, katros žėna, kor īr jūras, opės, miestā, kalnā ėr dīkomas.
- A scholar who knows where of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts are.