mongolisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mongolis (“Mongol”) + -isks.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]mongolisks (definite mongoliskais, comparative mongoliskāks, superlative vismongoliskākais, adverb mongoliski)
- Mongol, Mongolian (relating to the Mongol language; relating to Mongol people or to Mongolia)
- viens pats vārds ir jau gana mongolisks ― just the name itself is very Mongol, Mongolian
Usage notes
[edit]English “Mongol” or “Mongolian” as attributive adjectives usually correspond in Latvian to mongoļu, the genitive plural form of mongolis. The adjective mongolisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Mongolian”), or in its adverbial form mongoliski.
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of mongolisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mongolisks | mongoliski | mongoliska | mongoliskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mongolisku | mongoliskus | mongolisku | mongoliskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mongoliska | mongolisku | mongoliskas | mongolisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | mongoliskam | mongoliskiem | mongoliskai | mongoliskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mongolisku | mongoliskiem | mongolisku | mongoliskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | mongoliskā | mongoliskos | mongoliskā | mongoliskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||