polisks
Latvian
Etymology
Adjective
polisks (definite poliskais, comparative poliskāks, superlative vispoliskākais, adverb poliski)
- Polish (relating to the Polish language; relating to Poles or to Poland)
- polisks ornaments ― Polish ornament
- poliska izruna ― Polish pronunciation, accent
- tad nāca slaveno futbolistu sērija, kuriem bija poliska izcelsme ― then came a series of famous soccer players who had Polish origins
Usage notes
English “Polish” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to poļu, the genitive plural form of polis. The adjective polisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Polish”), or in its adverbial form poliski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of polisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | polisks | poliski | poliska | poliskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | polisku | poliskus | polisku | poliskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | poliska | polisku | poliskas | polisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | poliskam | poliskiem | poliskai | poliskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | polisku | poliskiem | polisku | poliskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | poliskā | poliskos | poliskā | poliskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||