īrisks

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Latvian

Etymology

From īrs (“Irishman”) +‎ -isks.

Adjective

īrisks (definite īriskais, comparative īriskāks, superlative visīriskākais, adverb īriski)

  1. Irish (relating to the Irish language; relating to Irish people or to Ireland)
    Džoisa romāns ir ļoti universāls stilistiki un intonatīvi, bet arī ļoti īrisks ― Joyce's novel (Ulysses) is very universal in style and tone, but also very Irish
    tajā ir kaut kas īrisks ― in it there is something Irish

Usage notes

English “Irish” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to īru, the genitive plural form of īrs. The adjective īrisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Irish”), or in its adverbial form īriski.

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of īrisks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis) 		singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) īrisks īriski īriska īriskas
accusative (akuzatīvs) īrisku īriskus īrisku īriskas
genitive (ģenitīvs) īriska īrisku īriskas īrisku
dative (datīvs) īriskam īriskiem īriskai īriskām
instrumental (instrumentālis) īrisku īriskiem īrisku īriskām
locative (lokatīvs) īriskā īriskos īriskā īriskās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —

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