priesteris

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Latvian

 priesteris on Latvian Wikipedia
Katoļu priesteris
Senēģiptiešu priesteris

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German prēster, or maybe from Middle Dutch preester (cf. German Priester), itself a borrowing from Late Latin presbyter, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). The Latvian term is first mentioned in 17th-century sources.[1]

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Noun

priesteris m (2nd declension, feminine form: priesteriene)

  1. priest (male religious official trained to perform and lead rituals at a church or temple)
    katoļu, pareizticīgo priesteris ― Catholic, Orthodox priest
    senēģiptiešu priesteris ― ancient Egyptian priest
    kristietībā priesteris ir amatpersona, kas pēc nozīmes ir starp bīskapu un diakonu ― in Christianity, a priest is an official intermediary in importance between a bishop and a deacon

Declension

Declension of priesteris (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) priesteris priesteri
accusative (akuzatīvs) priesteri priesterus
genitive (ģenitīvs) priestera priesteru
dative (datīvs) priesterim priesteriem
instrumental (instrumentālis) priesteri priesteriem
locative (lokatīvs) priesterī priesteros
vocative (vokatīvs) priesteri priesteri

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “priesteris”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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