islandiete
Latvian
    
    Etymology
    
From Islande (“Iceland”) + -iete, or islandietis (“Icelander”) + -e (“fem.”).
Noun
    
islandiete f (5th declension, masculine form: islandietis)
Usage notes
    
The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.
Declension
    
Declension of islandiete (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | islandiete | islandietes | 
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | islandieti | islandietes | 
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | islandietes | islandiešu | 
| dative (datīvs) | islandietei | islandietēm | 
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | islandieti | islandietēm | 
| locative (lokatīvs) | islandietē | islandietēs | 
| vocative (vokatīvs) | islandiete | islandietes | 
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