From Eiropa (“Europe”) + -isks; the change of a to e shows that this word follows the pattern found in other European languages (compare German Europa, europäisch, Russian Евро́па (Jevrópa), европе́ец (jevropéjec)), i.e. it was probably borrowed and adapted rather than derived.
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eiropeisks (definite eiropeiskais, comparative eiropeiskāks, superlative viseiropeiskākais, adverb eiropeiski)
English “European” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to Eiropas, the genitive singular form of Eiropa, or to eiropiešu, the genitive plural form of eiropietis. The adjective eiropeisks or eiropejisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is European”), or in its adverbial form eiropeiski or eiropejiski.
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | eiropeisks | eiropeiski | eiropeiska | eiropeiskas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | eiropeisku | eiropeiskus | eiropeisku | eiropeiskas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | eiropeiska | eiropeisku | eiropeiskas | eiropeisku | |||||
dative (datīvs) | eiropeiskam | eiropeiskiem | eiropeiskai | eiropeiskām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | eiropeisku | eiropeiskiem | eiropeisku | eiropeiskām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | eiropeiskā | eiropeiskos | eiropeiskā | eiropeiskās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||