somisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]somisks (definite somiskais, comparative somiskāks, superlative vissomiskākais, adverb somiski)
- Finnish (relating to the Finnish language; relating to Finns or to Finland)
- somisks ornaments ― Finnish ornament
- kas te specifiski somisks? ― what is here specifically Finnish?
Usage notes
[edit]English “Finnish” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to somu, the genitive plural form of soms. The adjective somisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Finnish”), or in its adverbial form somiski.
Declension
[edit]| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | somisks | somiski | somiska | somiskas | |
| genitive | somiska | somisku | somiskas | somisku | |
| dative | somiskam | somiskiem | somiskai | somiskām | |
| accusative | somisku | somiskus | somisku | somiskas | |
| instrumental | somisku | somiskiem | somisku | somiskām | |
| locative | somiskā | somiskos | somiskā | somiskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |