[pūōlis]
CilmeUltimately from Polish polak, Russian поля́к (polják) (under the influence of Old High German pōl — cf. German, English Pole — and perhaps also of Latvian dialectal bolis, polis (“ox without horns”)), itself derived from Polish pole (“field”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“light (color), gray”).
- declension-2, masculinea Pole, a Polish man, a man born in Poland
“pēc Livonijas kara poļi ieguva Vidzemi un Latgali” — after the Livonian War the Poles obtained Vidzeme and Latgale
- declension-2, genitive, masculine, pluralPolish; pertaining to Poland and its people
“poļu valoda” — the Polish language
“poļu māksla” — Polish art
- masculinea surname originating as a patronymic
Formaspoliete(feminine) · polis(nominative, singular) · poļi(nominative, plural) · poļa(genitive, singular) · poļu(genitive, plural) · polim(dative, singular) · poļiem(dative, plural) · poli(accusative, singular) · poļus(accusative, plural) · poli(instrumental, singular) · poļiem(instrumental, plural) · polī(locative, singular) · poļos(locative, plural) · poli(singular, vocative) · poļi(plural, vocative)