serbisks
Latvian
Etymology
Adjective
serbisks (definite serbiskais, comparative serbiskāks, superlative visserbiskākais, adverb serbiski)
- Serbian (relating to the Serbian language; relating to Serbs or to Serbia)
- koncerts bija tik serbisks ― the concert was so Serbian
- 90% toponīmu un hidronīmu Kosovā ir serbiski ― 90% of the toponyms and hydronyms in Kosovo are Serbian
Usage notes
English “Serbian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to serbu, the genitive plural form of serbs. The adjective serbisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Serbian”), or in its adverbial form serbiski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of serbisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | serbisks | serbiski | serbiska | serbiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | serbisku | serbiskus | serbisku | serbiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | serbiska | serbisku | serbiskas | serbisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | serbiskam | serbiskiem | serbiskai | serbiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | serbisku | serbiskiem | serbisku | serbiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | serbiskā | serbiskos | serbiskā | serbiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||