francisks

Latvian

Etymology

From franči (“the French”) +‎ -isks.

Adjective

francisks (definite franciskais, comparative franciskāks, superlative visfranciskākais, adverb franciski)

  1. French (relating to the French language; relating to French people or to France)
    franciska izruna ― French pronunciation, accent
    franciska pieklājība ― French courtesy
    vispār man ir ambivalenta attieksme pret visu francisko ― generally I have an ambivalent attitude towards everything French

Usage notes

English “French” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to franču, the genitive plural form of francūzis. The adjective francisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is French”), or in its adverbial form franciski.

Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of francisks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)		 singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) francisks franciski franciska franciskas
accusative (akuzatīvs) francisku franciskus francisku franciskas
genitive (ģenitīvs) franciska francisku franciskas francisku
dative (datīvs) franciskam franciskiem franciskai franciskām
instrumental (instrumentālis) francisku franciskiem francisku franciskām
locative (lokatīvs) franciskā franciskos franciskā franciskās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —
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