Noun: klosteris
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | klosteris |
| Accusative | klosteri |
| Genitive | klostera |
| Dative | klosterim |
| Instrumental | klosteri |
| Locative | klosterī |
| Vocative | klosteri |
Plural
| Nominative | klosteri |
| Accusative | klosterus |
| Genitive | klosteru |
| Dative | klosteriem |
| Instrumental | klosteriem |
| Locative | klosteros |
| Vocative | klosteri |
Sample Sentences
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iestāties klosterī (to join a monastery)
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klostera dārzs (monastery garden)
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klostera zemes (monastery lands)
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sieviešu klosteris (women's monastery (= nunnery, convent))
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viriešu klosteris (men's monastery)
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klostera priekšnieks (the leader of a monastery)
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klostera durvju priekšā Rozāle brītiņu apstājās, lai sakārtotos pirms ieiešanas svētajā vietā (at the door of the monastery Rozāle stopped for a moment to prepare herself before going into the holy place)
Nouns inflected like klosteris
sarķis,
skuķis,
ķauķis,
septembris,
bumbieris,
trijstūris,
pulveris,
zeņķis,
mūziķis,
pareģis,
dziedzeris,
smiltsērkšķis,
fonētiķis,
gaisakuģis,
rūķītis,
pērtiķis,
sliņķis,
gramatiķis,
finieris,
āzenis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“enclosure”), a nominal use of the neuter past participle of claudo (“to close”). See: Latin Nouns '
claustrum'.
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