-isks

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See also: -išķs

Gothic

Romanization

-isks

  1. Romanization of -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Lithuanian -iškas, Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ and Proto-Germanic *-iskaz. In foreign words it mostly represents German -isch. See -ish for more.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-isks

  1. Added to nouns to derive adjectives with the meaning 'typical of' or 'characterized by' the original noun (like English -ic or -ical).

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of -isks
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis) 		singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) -isks -iski -iska -iskas
accusative (akuzatīvs) -isku -iskus -isku -iskas
genitive (ģenitīvs) -iska -isku -iskas -isku
dative (datīvs) -iskam -iskiem -iskai -iskām
instrumental (instrumentālis) -isku -iskiem -isku -iskām
locative (lokatīvs) -iskā -iskos -iskā -iskās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —

Derived terms

Latvian terms suffixed with -isks
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