indisks
Latvian
Etymology
From Ind(ija) (“India”) + -isks.
Adjective
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
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
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) | — | — | — | — | |||||