Lettish

[ let-ish ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Letts or their language.

noun

1. Latvian ( def 3 ).

Lettish

/ ˈlɛtɪʃ /

noun

1. another word for Latvian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lettish¹

First recorded in 1825–35; Lett + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

The New English Dictionary connects it with a Teutonic stem meaning “holy”; from which is derived the Lithuanian szweńtas, and Lettish sw�ts.

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In this way the Dutch, the Danish, the Swedish, the Finnish, the Lettish, and the Lithuanian Bibles were more or less influenced by or even based upon Luther's.

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The answer of the proletariat was momentous: the strike in Petersburg, the insurrection in Moscow, the storm of revolutionary movements in all industrial centers, the insurrection on the Caucasus and in the Lettish provinces.

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Evacuation of all Russian territory now occupied by Germany, with autonomy for Poland and the Lithuanian and Lettish provinces.

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Lettish is the language of Kurland and Livonia, more modern in its grammar than Lithuanian, yet not immediately derived from it.

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