velsisks
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Velsa (“Wales”) + -isks.
Adjective
[edit]velsisks (definite velsiskais, comparative velsiskāks, superlative visvelsiskākais, adverb velsiski)
- Welsh (relating to the Welsh language; relating to the Welsh people or to Wales)
- mūzikā nekā specifiski velsiska nav ― in the music there is nothing specifically Welsh
Usage notes
[edit]- English “Welsh” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to velsiešu, the genitive plural form of velsietis. The adjective velsisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Welsh”), or in its adverbial form velsiski.
Declension
[edit]| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | velsisks | velsiski | velsiska | velsiskas | |
| genitive | velsiska | velsisku | velsiskas | velsisku | |
| dative | velsiskam | velsiskiem | velsiskai | velsiskām | |
| accusative | velsisku | velsiskus | velsisku | velsiskas | |
| instrumental | velsisku | velsiskiem | velsisku | velsiskām | |
| locative | velsiskā | velsiskos | velsiskā | velsiskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |