kiprisks
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Kipra (“Cyprus”) + -isks.
Adjective[edit]
kiprisks (definite kipriskais, comparative kipriskāks, superlative viskipriskākais, adverb kipriski)
- Cypriot (relating to the Cypriots or to Cyprus)
- tieši tur var izjust tādu īsteni kiprisku dzīves garšu ― right there (one) can feel the genuinely Cypriot taste of life
Usage notes[edit]
English “Cypriot” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kipriešu, the genitive plural form of kiprietis. The adjective kiprisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Cypriot”), or in its adverbial form kipriski.
Declension[edit]
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kiprisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kiprisks | kipriski | kipriska | kipriskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kiprisku | kipriskus | kiprisku | kipriskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kipriska | kiprisku | kipriskas | kiprisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | kipriskam | kipriskiem | kipriskai | kipriskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kiprisku | kipriskiem | kiprisku | kipriskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | kipriskā | kipriskos | kipriskā | kipriskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||