erchercogs

Latvian

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Erzherzog (“archduke”), itself from German Herzog (“duke”) with a prefix erz- (“arch-”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

erchercogs m (1st declension, feminine form: erchercogiene)

1. archduke (high nobility title, above grand duke and under prince; corresponding nobleman)
2. archduke (a title for the members of the imperial house of Habsburg)

   Francis Ferdinands bija Austrijas erchercogs un Hābsburgu dinastijas troņmantinieks ― Franz Ferdinand was archduke of Austria and heir presumptive of the Habsburg dynasty

Declension

Declension of erchercogs (1st)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	erchercogs	erchercogi
genitive	erchercoga	erchercogu
dative	erchercogam	erchercogiem
accusative	erchercogu	erchercogus
instrumental	erchercogu	erchercogiem
locative	erchercogā	erchercogos
vocative	erchercog	erchercogi

Derived terms

• erchercogiste

See also

nobility titles:

• barons, baronese
• firsts, firstiene
• grāfs, grāfiene
• hercogs, hercogiene
  • erchercogs, erchercogiene
  • lielhercogs, lielhercogiene
• kņazs, kņaziene
  • lielkņazs, lielkņaziene
• marķīzs, marķīze
• princis, princese
• vikonts, vikontese