tautība

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tauta (people, nation) +‎ -ība.

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tautība f (4th declension)

  1. ethnicity, nation (the essence of a given nation or people, of a group with historically developed common features such as culture, language, psychology, a territory, etc.)
    latviešu tautībaLatvian ethnicity, nation
    lietuviešu tautībaLithuanian ethnicity, nation
    vārds “tautība” apzīmē sociāli etnisku kopību pirmskapitālistiskajā laikmetāthe word “ethnicity” denotes the socio-ethnic community of the proto-capitalistic period
    no cilšu apvienībām pakāpeniski veidojās latgaļu, zemgaļu, kuršu, sēļu un lībiešu tautības, kas vēlā dzelzs laikmeta beigās saplūda latviešu tautībāfrom tribal associations gradually emerged the Latgallian, Semigallian, Curonian, Selian and Livonian ethnicities, which at the end of the late iron age melted into the Latvian ethnicity
  2. ethnicity, nationality (membership in a certain people, nation, or country)
    pēc tautības Latvietisa Latvian by ethnicity
    dažādu tautību cilvēkipeople of many nationalities
    karavānas priekšgaļā plīvoja amerikāņu karogs, kas norādīja uz ceļotāja tautībuat the front, the convoy was flying the American flag, which indicated the traveller's nationality
    izvēle bija nevis pēc tautības, bet pēc sirdsapziņasthe choice was not (to be made) according to nationality, but according to conscience

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