Apparently borrowed from German forsch (“brisk, perky, self-assertive”).
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foršs (definite foršais, comparative foršāks, superlative visforšākais, adverb forši)
The word foršs, though not listed in standard Latvian dictionaries, is very frequent, especially in colloquial language. Some advise against its use and suggest replacing it with other expressions.
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | foršs | forši | forša | foršas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | foršu | foršus | foršu | foršas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | forša | foršu | foršas | foršu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | foršam | foršiem | foršai | foršām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | foršu | foršiem | foršu | foršām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | foršā | foršos | foršā | foršās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||