indisks
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ind(ija) (“India”) + -isks.
Adjective[edit]
indisks (definite indiskais, comparative indiskāks, superlative visindiskākais, adverb indiski)
- Indian (relating to the peoples, languages and cultures of India, or to India itself)
- indiska atziņa ― Indian cognition, thought
- indisks motīvs ― Indian motif
- jūsu dzejolis esot īsti indisks ― your poem is, they say, truly Indian
- tas ir kaut kas austrumniecisks, indisks, šamanisks ― this is something oriental, Indian, shamanistic
Usage notes[edit]
English “Indian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to indiešu, the genitive plural form of indietis. The adjective indisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Indian”), or in its adverbial form indiski.
Declension[edit]
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of indisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | indisks | indiski | indiska | indiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | indisku | indiskus | indisku | indiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | indiska | indisku | indiskas | indisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | indiskam | indiskiem | indiskai | indiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | indisku | indiskiem | indisku | indiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | indiskā | indiskos | indiskā | indiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||