Lettish

American  

[let-ish] / ˈlɛt ɪʃ /

adjective

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

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noun

1. Latvian.

Lettish British  

/ ˈlɛtɪʃ /

noun

1. another word for Latvian

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Etymology

Origin of Lettish

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

Example Sentences

Russian for more than 100 years, the country was dominated for 700 years before that by German barons, holding the Lettish peasants as serfs.

From Time Magazine Archive

In seven languages�German, Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Yiddish, Lettish, Esthonian�the Germans posted their proclamations, but Grischa could read not one of any seven, and in a few hours he was imprisoned again.

From Time Magazine Archive

In snowbound Lettish villages, in orange-scented Georgian watering places, in Uzbek desert oases, the same red-and-white signs marked the local "agitpunkt" campaign headquarters for the 1,364 unopposed candidates running for election to the Supreme Soviet.

From Time Magazine Archive

I asked a young Lettish railway man, living in one of the board barracks near the Warsaw station, why he had refused an offer of employment in the railway yards hard by.

From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

There are still about one million and a half of people who speak Lituanian in Russia and Prussia, while Lettish is spoken by about one million in Curland and Livonia.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander