Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From beļģis (Belgian) +‎ -isks.

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

beļģisks (definite beļģiskais, comparative beļģiskāks, superlative visbeļģiskākais, adverb beļģiski)

  1. Belgian (relating to Belgians or to Belgium)
    beļģiska izrunaBelgian pronunciation, accent
    centrs izskatās tipiski beļģisksthe center (of the city) looked typically Belgian

Usage notes edit

English “Belgian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to beļģu or beļģiešu, the genitive plural forms of beļģis and beļģietis. The adjective beļģisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Belgian”), or in its adverbial form beļģiski.

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