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Latvian
Etymology
From sports (“sports”) + -isks.
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Adjective
sportisks (definite sportiskais, comparative sportiskāks, superlative vissportiskākais, adverb sportiski)
- athletic, sportive, sporty (relating to, characteristic of, sports or athletes; showing interest in sports)
- sportisks augums ― athletic build
- sportiska gaita ― athletic pace
- sportiska sagatavotība ― athletic training, preparedness
- būt sportiskā formā ― to be in athletic form (= to be in good form)
- sportisks tērps ― sports clothes
- cik sportiski ir Latvijas skolēni? ― how sportive, sporty are Latvia's schoolchildren?
- Edmunds Luters vēl nebija zaudējis studiju gadu treniņos iegūto sportisko stāju ― Edmunds Luters had not yet lost the athletic posture acquired by training during his study years
- es cerēju, ka agrāk vai vēlāk sacīkstes un sportiskā veiksme mani kādreiz savedīs vienā ringā kopā ar Uldi Vecozolu ― I hoped that sooner or later the matches and the athletic success would someday bring me into a ring together with Uldis Vecozols
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