latvisks

Latvian

Etymology

From latvis (Latvian, Lett) + -isks.

Adjective

latvisks (definite latviskais, comparative latviskāks, superlative vislatviskākais, adverb latviski)

  1. Latvian (relating to the Latvian language; relating to Latvians)
    auga latviskais nosaukumsa plant's Latvian name
    dokumenta latviskais tekststhe Latvian text, version of a document
    latvisks izteiciensLatvian expression
    latvisks ornamentsLatvian ornament

Usage notes

English “Latvian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to latviešu, the genitive plural form of latvietis. The adjective latvisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Latvian”), or in its adverbial form latviski.

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