kosovisks
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Kosova (“Kosovo”) + -isks.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
kosovisks (definite kosoviskais, comparative kosoviskāks, superlative viskosoviskākais, adverb kosoviski)
- Kosovan (relating to Kosovans or to Kosovo)
- skan kosovisks ― (that) sounds Kosovan
- kaut kas kosovisks ― something Kosovan
Usage notes edit
English “Kosovan” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kosoviešu, the genitive plural form of kosovietis. The adjective kosovisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Kosovan”), or in its adverbial form kosoviski.
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of kosovisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kosovisks | kosoviski | kosoviska | kosoviskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kosovisku | kosoviskus | kosovisku | kosoviskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kosoviska | kosovisku | kosoviskas | kosovisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | kosoviskam | kosoviskiem | kosoviskai | kosoviskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kosovisku | kosoviskiem | kosovisku | kosoviskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | kosoviskā | kosoviskos | kosoviskā | kosoviskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||