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Lettish

[ let-ish ]

adjective

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


Lettish

/ ˈlɛtɪʃ /

noun

  1. another word for Latvian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lettish1

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

The latter ravaged the Lettish territories in the south, while the forces of the former harried all along the Moskovite border.

The latter name (which in Lettish is written Lauma) has never been satisfactorily explained.

The old epic poets may have borrowed from popular songs like the Lettish chants (p. 328).

Mannhardt was preparing to study Lithuanian solar myths, based on Lithuanian and Lettish marriage songs.

In Old Prussian, thunder was percunos, and in Lettish to the present day pérkons is thunder, god of thunder.

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