bosnisks
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bosn(ija) (“Bosnia”) + -isks.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
bosnisks (definite bosniskais, comparative bosniskāks, superlative visbosniskākais, adverb bosniski)
- Bosnian (relating to the Bosnian language; relating to Bosnians or to Bosnia; relating to Bosniaks and their people)
- es runāju “bosniski”, jo es esmu strādājusi Sarajevā ― I speak Bosnian because I have worked in Sarajevo
Usage notes[edit]
English “Bosnian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to bosniešu, the genitive plural form of bosnietis. The adjective bosnisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Bosnian”), or in its adverbial form bosniski.
Declension[edit]
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of bosnisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | bosnisks | bosniski | bosniska | bosniskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | bosnisku | bosniskus | bosnisku | bosniskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | bosniska | bosnisku | bosniskas | bosnisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | bosniskam | bosniskiem | bosniskai | bosniskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | bosnisku | bosniskiem | bosnisku | bosniskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | bosniskā | bosniskos | bosniskā | bosniskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||