eiropeisks

Latvian

Alternative forms

• eiropejisks

Etymology

From Eiropa (“Europe”) +‎ -isks; the change of a to e shows that this word follows the pattern found in other European languages (compare German Europa, europäisch, Russian Евро́па (Jevrópa), европе́ец (jevropéjec)), i.e. it was probably borrowed and adapted rather than derived.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

eiropeisks (definite eiropeiskais, comparative eiropeiskāks, superlative viseiropeiskākais, adverb eiropeiski)

1. European (relating to Europe and its peoples)

   kas ir eiropeisks Eiropas literatūra? ― what is European in the literature of Europe?

   nacionālā identitāte Latvijā un eiropeiskā identitāte ― national identity in Latvia and European identity

   eiropeiskās vērtības jātur ne prātos, bet sirdīs ― the European values should be kept not in the minds, but in the hearts (of people)

Usage notes

English “European” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to Eiropas, the genitive singular form of Eiropa, or to eiropiešu, the genitive plural form of eiropietis. The adjective eiropeisks or eiropejisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is European”), or in its adverbial form eiropeiski or eiropejiski.

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of eiropeisks

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	eiropeisks	eiropeiski		eiropeiska	eiropeiskas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	eiropeisku	eiropeiskus		eiropeisku	eiropeiskas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	eiropeiska	eiropeisku		eiropeiskas	eiropeisku
dative (datīvs)	eiropeiskam	eiropeiskiem		eiropeiskai	eiropeiskām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	eiropeisku	eiropeiskiem		eiropeisku	eiropeiskām
locative (lokatīvs)	eiropeiskā	eiropeiskos		eiropeiskā	eiropeiskās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Derived terms

• indoeiropeisks

Related terms

• eiro
• Eiropa
• eiropietis, eiropiete