kurdisks

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Latvian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From kurds (Kurd) +‎ -isks.

Adjective [edit]

kurdisks (def. kurdiskais, comp. kurdiskāks, sup. viskurdiskākais; adv. kurdiski)

  1. Kurdish (relating to the Kurdish language; relating to Kurds)
    ielās, neskaitot turku valodu, dzirdējām ļaudis runājam arābiski, kurdiski un asīriski — on the streets, besides Turkish, we saw people speaking Arabic, Kurdish, and Assyrian

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Usage notes [edit]

English “Kurdish” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to kurdu, the genitive plural form of kurds. The adjective kurdisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Kurdish”), or in its adverbial form kurdiski.

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