From liels (“big, great”) + hercogs (“duke”), as a calque of other similarly formed terms: German Großherzog (from groß (“big, great”) and Herzog (“duke”)), English grand duke (from French grand-duc), etc.
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lielhercogs m (1st declension, feminine form: lielhercogiene)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | lielhercogs | lielhercogi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | lielhercogu | lielhercogus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | lielhercoga | lielhercogu |
dative (datīvs) | lielhercogam | lielhercogiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | lielhercogu | lielhercogiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | lielhercogā | lielhercogos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | lielhercog | lielhercogi |