kiprisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kipra (“Cyprus”) + -isks.
Adjective
[edit]kiprisks (definite kipriskais, comparative kipriskāks, superlative viskipriskākais, adverb kipriski)
- Cypriot (relating to the Cypriots or to Cyprus)
- tieši tur var izjust tādu īsteni kiprisku dzīves garšu ― right there (one) can feel the genuinely Cypriot taste of life
Usage notes
[edit]English “Cypriot” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kipriešu, the genitive plural form of kiprietis. The adjective kiprisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Cypriot”), or in its adverbial form kipriski.
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kiprisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kiprisks | kipriski | kipriska | kipriskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kiprisku | kipriskus | kiprisku | kipriskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kipriska | kiprisku | kipriskas | kiprisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | kipriskam | kipriskiem | kipriskai | kipriskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kiprisku | kipriskiem | kiprisku | kipriskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | kipriskā | kipriskos | kipriskā | kipriskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||