indoeiropeisks
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Indija (“India”) + eiropeisks (“European”) (indo- is a nationality prefix corresponding to India), following the pattern of other similar formations in other European languages (cf. German indoeuropäisch, Russian индоевропе́йский (indojevropéjskij), all tracing back to Sir Thomas Young's original English 1813 coinage Indo-European).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
indoeiropeisks (definite indoeiropeiskais, comparative indoeiropeiskāks, superlative visindoeiropeiskākais, adverb indoeiropeiski)
- Indo-European (relating to the presumed Indo-European people, to their presumed language, Proto-Indo-European, or their culture; relating to the present-day languages, peoples and cultures derived from the ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans)
- indoeiropeiskais kalendārs ― Indo-European calendar
- indoeiropeiskas izcelsmes dievi ― gods of Indo-European origin
- indoeiropeiskas cilmes vārds ― a word of (= from) an Indo-European stem
- viņu valodai nav indoeiropeiskas nokrāsas ― their language does not have an Indo-European flavor (lit. shade)
Usage notes edit
English “Indo-European” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to indoeiropiešu, the genitive plural form of indoeiropietis. The adjective indoeiropeisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Indo-European”), or in its adverbial form indoeiropeiski.
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of indoeiropeisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | indoeiropeisks | indoeiropeiski | indoeiropeiska | indoeiropeiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskus | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | indoeiropeiska | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskas | indoeiropeisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | indoeiropeiskam | indoeiropeiskiem | indoeiropeiskai | indoeiropeiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskiem | indoeiropeisku | indoeiropeiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | indoeiropeiskā | indoeiropeiskos | indoeiropeiskā | indoeiropeiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||