polisks
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
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 edit
English “Polish” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds 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 edit
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) | — | — | — | — | |||||