beļģis

== Latvian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Belgae (“Belgians”), the name of a group of Gallo-Germanic tribes living in the area of present-day Belgium, apparently from Proto-Celtic *bolg-, *belg- (“to swell (with anger, battle fury)”), i.e., originally this tribal name would have meant “the people who swell with anger or battle fury.” === Noun === beļģis m (2nd declension, female equivalent beļģiete) (male) Belgian (i.e., a man born in Belgium) ierazdamies izstādē uz visu dienu, beļģi, sevišķi mazturīgākie, ņem ldīzi arī ēdienu ― having come to the exhibition for the whole day, the Belgians, especially the less well-off, take (their own) food along (genitive plural) Belgian; pertaining to Belgium and its people beļģu māksla ― Belgian art beļģu franki ― Belgian francs (old currency) ==== Usage notes ==== The two synonyms beļģis and beļģietis, when referring to an individual from Belgium, appear to be fully interchangeable. In the plural, beļģi is much more frequently used than beļģieši. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== beļģietis ==== Related terms ==== Beļģija beļģisks