velsisks
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Velsa (“Wales”) + -isks.
Adjective edit
velsisks (definite velsiskais, comparative velsiskāks, superlative visvelsiskākais, adverb velsiski)
- Welsh (relating to the Welsh language; relating to the Welsh people or to Wales)
- mūzikā nekā specifiski velsiska nav ― in the music there is nothing specifically Welsh
Usage notes edit
- English “Welsh” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to velsiešu, the genitive plural form of velsietis. The adjective velsisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Welsh”), or in its adverbial form velsiski.
Declension edit
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of velsisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | velsisks | velsiski | velsiska | velsiskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | velsisku | velsiskus | velsisku | velsiskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | velsiska | velsisku | velsiskas | velsisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | velsiskam | velsiskiem | velsiskai | velsiskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | velsisku | velsiskiem | velsisku | velsiskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | velsiskā | velsiskos | velsiskā | velsiskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||