From Kipra (“Cyprus”) + -isks.
kiprisks (definite kipriskais, comparative kipriskāks, superlative viskipriskākais, adverb kipriski)
English “Cypriot” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kipriešu, the genitive plural form of kiprietis. The adjective kiprisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Cypriot”), or in its adverbial form kipriski.
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | kiprisks | kipriski | kipriska | kipriskas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | kiprisku | kipriskus | kiprisku | kipriskas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | kipriska | kiprisku | kipriskas | kiprisku | |||||
dative (datīvs) | kipriskam | kipriskiem | kipriskai | kipriskām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | kiprisku | kipriskiem | kiprisku | kipriskām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | kipriskā | kipriskos | kipriskā | kipriskās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||