seitsmeteistkümnendal

Seitsmeteistkümnendal is the genitive case of the Latvian word "seitsmeteist," meaning "seventeen." In the context of the Latvian language, the genitive case is used to indicate possession, origin, or to be used after certain prepositions and verbs. Therefore, "seitsmeteistkümnendal" would translate to "of seventeen" or "seventeen's." For example, it might appear in a sentence like "ar seitsmeteistkümnendal daļu" meaning "with a seventeenth part." The grammatical function of the genitive case is crucial for constructing complex sentences and expressing nuanced relationships between words in Latvian. This form is typically used when referring to a quantity of seventeen in a possessive or relational context, rather than a direct count. Understanding these grammatical cases is fundamental to fluent Latvian comprehension and usage.