francisks
Latvian
Etymology
From franči (“the French”) + -isks.
Adjective
francisks (definite franciskais, comparative franciskāks, superlative visfranciskākais, adverb franciski)
- French (relating to the French language; relating to French people or to France)
- franciska izruna ― French pronunciation, accent
- franciska pieklājība ― French courtesy
- vispār man ir ambivalenta attieksme pret visu francisko ― generally I have an ambivalent attitude towards everything French
Usage notes
English “French” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to franču, the genitive plural form of francūzis. The adjective francisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is French”), or in its adverbial form franciski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of francisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | francisks | franciski | franciska | franciskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | francisku | franciskus | francisku | franciskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | franciska | francisku | franciskas | francisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | franciskam | franciskiem | franciskai | franciskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | francisku | franciskiem | francisku | franciskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | franciskā | franciskos | franciskā | franciskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||