kosovisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kosova (“Kosovo”) + -isks.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]kosovisks (definite kosoviskais, comparative kosoviskāks, superlative viskosoviskākais, adverb kosoviski)
- Kosovan (relating to Kosovans or to Kosovo)
- skan kosovisks ― (that) sounds Kosovan
- kaut kas kosovisks ― something Kosovan
Usage notes
[edit]English “Kosovan” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kosoviešu, the genitive plural form of kosovietis. The adjective kosovisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Kosovan”), or in its adverbial form kosoviski.
Declension
[edit]| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kosovisks | kosoviski | kosoviska | kosoviskas | |
| genitive | kosoviska | kosovisku | kosoviskas | kosovisku | |
| dative | kosoviskam | kosoviskiem | kosoviskai | kosoviskām | |
| accusative | kosovisku | kosoviskus | kosovisku | kosoviskas | |
| instrumental | kosovisku | kosoviskiem | kosovisku | kosoviskām | |
| locative | kosoviskā | kosoviskos | kosoviskā | kosoviskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |