slāvisks
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Latvian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
slāvisks (definite slāviskais, comparative slāviskāks, superlative visslāviskākais, adverb slāviski)
- Slavic (relating to the Slavic peoples, their languages and cultures)
- slāvisks uzvārds ― Slavic family name
- slāvisks motīvs ― Slavic motif
- īsti slāvisks noskaņojums ― a truly Slavic mood
Usage notes
English “Slavic” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to slāvu, the genitive plural form of slāvs. The adjective slāvisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Slavic”), or in its adverbial form slāviski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slāvisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | slāvisks | slāviski | slāviska | slāviskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | slāvisku | slāviskus | slāvisku | slāviskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | slāviska | slāvisku | slāviskas | slāvisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | slāviskam | slāviskiem | slāviskai | slāviskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | slāvisku | slāviskiem | slāvisku | slāviskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | slāviskā | slāviskos | slāviskā | slāviskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||