CilmeUltimately from Latin Brittō or its Celtic equivalent (see Brython), probably via some other European language (cf. German Brite, Russian бритт (britt)).
- declension-1, masculinea Briton, a British man, a man born in Great Britain; a citizen of the United Kingdom
“es esmu brits” — I am a British man
- declension-1, genitive, masculine, pluralBritish; pertaining to Great Britain or the United Kingdom and its people
“britu armija” — the British army
“Britu impērija” — the British Empire
“Britu Kolumbija” — British Columbia (Canadian province)
- broadly, declension-1, masculinean Englishman
- declension-1, historical, in-plural, masculinethe Britons, members of the Celtic tribes that lived in southern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest
“5. gadsimtā pirms mūsu ēras Britu salas iekaroja ķeltu ciltis: briti un skoti” — in the 5th century BC Celtic tribes - the Britons and the Scots (Gaels) - conquered the British Isles
Formasbritiete(feminine) · brits(nominative, singular) · briti(nominative, plural) · brita(genitive, singular) · britu(genitive, plural) · britam(dative, singular) · britiem(dative, plural) · britu(accusative, singular) · britus(accusative, plural) · britu(instrumental, singular) · britiem(instrumental, plural) · britā(locative, singular) · britos(locative, plural) · brit(singular, vocative) · briti(plural, vocative)
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