sīrisks
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Latvian
Etymology
From Sīr(ija) (“Syria”) + -isks, with palatalization of k to c.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sīrisks (definite sīriskais, comparative sīriskāks, superlative vissīriskākais, adverb sīriski)
- Syrian (relating to the Syrian (Arabic) language; relating to Syrians or to Syria)
- sīriska izcelsme ― Syrian origin
- sīriski runājošajos apgabalos ― in the Syrian (Arabic) speaking regions
Usage notes
English “Syrian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to sīriešu, the genitive plural form of sīrietis. The adjective sīrisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Syrian”), or in its adverbial form sīriski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of sīrisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sīrisks | sīriski | sīriska | sīriskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sīrisku | sīriskus | sīrisku | sīriskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sīriska | sīrisku | sīriskas | sīrisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | sīriskam | sīriskiem | sīriskai | sīriskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sīrisku | sīriskiem | sīrisku | sīriskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | sīriskā | sīriskos | sīriskā | sīriskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||