latvisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From latvis (“Latvian, Lett”) + -isks.
Adjective
[edit]latvisks (definite latviskais, comparative latviskāks, superlative vislatviskākais, adverb latviski)
- Latvian (relating to the Latvian language; relating to Latvians)
- auga latviskais nosaukums ― a plant's Latvian name
- dokumenta latviskais teksts ― the Latvian text, version of a document
- latvisks izteiciens ― Latvian expression
- latvisks ornaments ― Latvian ornament
Usage notes
[edit]English “Latvian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to latviešu, the genitive plural form of latvietis. The adjective latvisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Latvian”), or in its adverbial form latviski.
Declension
[edit]| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | latvisks | latviski | latviska | latviskas | |
| genitive | latviska | latvisku | latviskas | latvisku | |
| dative | latviskam | latviskiem | latviskai | latviskām | |
| accusative | latvisku | latviskus | latvisku | latviskas | |
| instrumental | latvisku | latviskiem | latvisku | latviskām | |
| locative | latviskā | latviskos | latviskā | latviskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |