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Latvian
Etymology
From manta (“(valuable) property”) + -īgs.
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Adjective
mantīgs (definite mantīgais, comparative mantīgāks, superlative vismantīgākais, adverb mantīgi)
- rich, wealthy, propertied (having many, usually valuable, possessions, property)
- mantīgi radi ― wealthy relatives
- mantīgs tirgotājs ― wealthy merchant, trader
- buržuāzisko valstu paralmentos lielākoties ir mantīgo šķiru pārstāvju ― in the parliaments of bourgeois countries (there) are mostly representatives of the propertied class
- rich, wealthy (typical of or characterized by, usually valuable, possessions, property)
- viņš velti mēģinājis iestāties Latvijas universitātē; to neļāva ne ģimenes mantīgais, ne sabiedriskais stāvoklis ― he tried in vain to enter the University of Latvia; (but) neither (his) family's wealth situation nor their social status allowed that
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