polisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]polisks (definite poliskais, comparative poliskāks, superlative vispoliskākais, adverb poliski)
- Polish (relating to the Polish language; relating to Poles or to Poland)
- polisks ornaments ― Polish ornament
- poliska izruna ― Polish pronunciation, accent
- tad nāca slaveno futbolistu sērija, kuriem bija poliska izcelsme ― then came a series of famous soccer players who had Polish origins
Usage notes
[edit]English “Polish” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to poļu, the genitive plural form of polis. The adjective polisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Polish”), or in its adverbial form poliski.
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of polisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | polisks | poliski | poliska | poliskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | polisku | poliskus | polisku | poliskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | poliska | polisku | poliskas | polisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | poliskam | poliskiem | poliskai | poliskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | polisku | poliskiem | polisku | poliskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | poliskā | poliskos | poliskā | poliskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||