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Adjective edit

eiropejisks (definite eiropejiskais, comparative eiropejiskāks, superlative viseiropejiskākais, adverb eiropejiski)

  1. European; alternative form of eiropeisks
    eiropejiskais racionālismsEuropean rationalism
    ja Latvija grib būt kaut kas eiropejisks, tad enerģijas vajadzēs daudzif Latvia wants to be something European, then it will need a lot of energy
    gadsimtu ilgā laikā eiropiešu prātos Jēzus tēls ir izveidojies ļoti eiropejisks: gaiši mati, zilas acis, trauslas sejas kontūrasfor many centuries the image of Jesus in the minds of Europeans has made itself very European: light hair, blue eyes, delicate facial contours

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English “European” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to Eiropas, the genitive singular form of Eiropa, or to eiropiešu, the genitive plural form of eiropietis. The adjective eiropeisks or eiropejisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is European”), or in its adverbial form eiropeiski or eiropejiski.

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