kiprisks

Latvian

Etymology

From Kipra (“Cyprus”) +‎ -isks.

Adjective

kiprisks (definite kipriskais, comparative kipriskāks, superlative viskipriskākais, adverb kipriski)

  1. Cypriot (relating to the Cypriots or to Cyprus)
    tieši tur var izjust tādu īsteni kiprisku dzīves garšu ― right there (one) can feel the genuinely Cypriot taste of life

Usage notes

English “Cypriot” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kipriešu, the genitive plural form of kiprietis. The adjective kiprisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Cypriot”), or in its adverbial form kipriski.

Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kiprisks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)		 singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) kiprisks kipriski kipriska kipriskas
accusative (akuzatīvs) kiprisku kipriskus kiprisku kipriskas
genitive (ģenitīvs) kipriska kiprisku kipriskas kiprisku
dative (datīvs) kipriskam kipriskiem kipriskai kipriskām
instrumental (instrumentālis) kiprisku kipriskiem kiprisku kipriskām
locative (lokatīvs) kipriskā kipriskos kipriskā kipriskās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —
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