slovēnisks

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Latvian

Etymology

From slovēnis (Slovene) +‎ -isks.

Adjective

slovēnisks (definite slovēniskais, comparative slovēniskāks, superlative visslovēniskākais, adverb slovēniski)

  1. Slovene, Slovenian (relating to the Slovene language; relating to Slovenes or to Slovenia)
    viņiem ir slovēniska izcelsmethey are of Slovene origin
    režisors atteic, ka gribējis izstāstīt lokālu stāstu: “tik slovēnisku, cik vien iespējams”the director denies that he wants to tell a local story: “as Slovene as possible”

Usage notes

English “Slovene” or “Slovenian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to slovēņu, the genitive plural form of slovēnis. The adjective slovēnisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Slovenian”), or in its adverbial form slovēniski.

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