igaunisks
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From igaunis (“Estonian”) + -isks.
Adjective
[edit]igaunisks (definite igauniskais, comparative igauniskāks, superlative visigauniskākais, adverb igauniski)
- Estonian (relating to the Estonian language; relating to Estonians or to Estonia)
- igaunisks ornaments ― Estonian ornament
- sabiedriskais transports Helsinkos kļūst igaunisks ― public transportation in Helsinki is becoming Estonian
Usage notes
[edit]English “Estonian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to igauņu, the genitive plural form of igaunis. The adjective igaunisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Estonian”), or in its adverbial form igauniski.
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of igaunisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | igaunisks | igauniski | igauniska | igauniskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | igaunisku | igauniskus | igaunisku | igauniskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | igauniska | igaunisku | igauniskas | igaunisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | igauniskam | igauniskiem | igauniskai | igauniskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | igaunisku | igauniskiem | igaunisku | igauniskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | igauniskā | igauniskos | igauniskā | igauniskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||