libānisks
Latvian
Etymology
From Libāna (“Lebanon”) + -isks.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
libānisks (definite libāniskais, comparative libāniskāks, superlative vislibāniskākais, adverb libāniski)
- Lebanese (relating to the Lebanese people, their language and culture)
- vienkārši un spirdzinoši Tuvo Austumu salāti ar libānisku izcelsmi ― simple and crisp salad of Lebanese origin
Usage notes
English “Lebanese” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to libāniešu, the genitive plural form of libānietis. The adjective libānisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Lebanese”), or in its adverbial form libāniski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of libānisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | libānisks | libāniski | libāniska | libāniskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | libānisku | libāniskus | libānisku | libāniskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | libāniska | libānisku | libāniskas | libānisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | libāniskam | libāniskiem | libāniskai | libāniskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | libānisku | libāniskiem | libānisku | libāniskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | libāniskā | libāniskos | libāniskā | libāniskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||