Latvian

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Etymology

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From Izraēla (Israel) +‎ -isks.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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izraēlisks (definite izraēliskais, comparative izraēliskāks, superlative visizraēliskākais, adverb izraēliski)

  1. Israeli (relating to Israeli people or to Israel)
    izraēliska orientācijaIsraeli orientation
    avots ir diezgan pro-izraēlisks(that) source is quite pro-Israel(i)
    lai tev izraēliska dzīve!may you (have) an Israeli life!

Usage notes

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English “Israeli” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to izraēliešu, the genitive plural form of izraēlietis. The adjective izraēlisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Israeli”), or in its adverbial form izraēliski.

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