No. 971 in Latvian
juris
"Juris" is a common Latvian male given name.
In a sentence
Jurijs ir mans labākais draugs.
Jurijs is my best friend.
Here, 'Jurijs' is used as a proper noun, a name of a person, functioning as the subject of the sentence.
Man patīk Jurija spēlētais ģitāras skaņdarbs.
I like the guitar piece played by Jurijs.
In this sentence, 'Jurija' is the genitive case of the name 'Jurijs', showing possession.
Mēs vakar tikāmies ar Juri parkā.
We met with Jurijs in the park yesterday.
Here, 'Juri' is the accusative/locative case of 'Jurijs', indicating the object of the meeting event.
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