bosnisks
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Bosn(ija) (“Bosnia”) + -isks.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
bosnisks (definite bosniskais, comparative bosniskāks, superlative visbosniskākais, adverb bosniski)
- Bosnian (relating to the Bosnian language; relating to Bosnians or to Bosnia; relating to Bosniaks and their people)
- es runāju “bosniski”, jo es esmu strādājusi Sarajevā ― I speak Bosnian because I have worked in Sarajevo
Usage notes edit
English “Bosnian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to bosniešu, the genitive plural form of bosnietis. The adjective bosnisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Bosnian”), or in its adverbial form bosniski.
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of bosnisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | bosnisks | bosniski | bosniska | bosniskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | bosnisku | bosniskus | bosnisku | bosniskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | bosniska | bosnisku | bosniskas | bosnisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | bosniskam | bosniskiem | bosniskai | bosniskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | bosnisku | bosniskiem | bosnisku | bosniskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | bosniskā | bosniskos | bosniskā | bosniskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||