francisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From franči (“the French”) + -isks.
Adjective
[edit]francisks (definite franciskais, comparative franciskāks, superlative visfranciskākais, adverb franciski)
- French (relating to the French language; relating to French people or to France)
- franciska izruna ― French pronunciation, accent
- franciska pieklājība ― French courtesy
- vispār man ir ambivalenta attieksme pret visu francisko ― generally I have an ambivalent attitude towards everything French
Usage notes
[edit]English “French” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to franču, the genitive plural form of francūzis. The adjective francisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is French”), or in its adverbial form franciski.
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of francisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | francisks | franciski | franciska | franciskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | franciska | francisku | franciskas | francisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | franciskam | franciskiem | franciskai | franciskām | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | francisku | franciskus | francisku | franciskas | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | francisku | franciskiem | francisku | franciskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | franciskā | franciskos | franciskā | franciskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||