mediju

Mediju is the genitive plural form of the Latvian noun medijs, which broadly denotes a medium or means of communication. In Latvian, medijs as a singular noun refers to a medium, while mediji is the plural nominative used for the media as a collective. Mediju appears when the noun is in the genitive case, including expressions of origin, possession, or attribution.

Typical usages include no mediju, meaning from the media, and mediju nozare, meaning the media industry. In such phrases, mediju functions as a modifier that specifies the noun it accompanies or the relationship to the media rather than as a standalone term.

Relation and etymology: The form mediju is part of a broader pattern in Latvian where the genitive plural is used after numerals, prepositions, or as a possessive link. The root medijs derives from the concept of a medium, and cognates exist in neighboring Baltic languages, with the sense of medium or channel preserved across the family. The development of the form reflects historical loanwords and internal grammatical evolution.

See also: Latvian language, medijs, mediju nozare.