Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From kirgīzs (Kyrgyz) +‎ -isks.

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

kirgīzisks (definite kirgīziskais, comparative kirgīziskāks, superlative viskirgīziskākais, adverb kirgīziski)

  1. Kyrgyz (relating to the Kyrgyz language; relating to Kyrgyz or to Kyrgyzstan)
    viss ir tīrs un plaukstošs, un patīkami krieviski-kirgīziskseverything is clean and prosperious, and pleasantly Russian-Kyrgyz

Usage notes edit

English “Kyrgyz” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kirgīzu, the genitive plural form of kirgīzs. The adjective kirgīzisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Kyrgyz”), or in its adverbial form kirgīziski.

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