baltkrievisks
Latvian
Etymology
From baltkrievs (“Belarusian”) + -isks.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
baltkrievisks (definite baltkrieviskais, comparative baltkrieviskāks, superlative visbaltkrieviskākais, adverb baltkrieviski)
- Belarusian (relating to the Belarusian language; relating to Belarusians or to Belarus)
- baltkrievisks ornaments ― Belarusian ornament
- man liekas, ka mans uzvārds ir baltkrievisks ― I think that my family name is (of) Belarusian (origin)
- lietuviešu aristokrātija arī bija poliska vai pat baltkrieviska ― the Lithuanian aristocracy was also Polish or even Belarusian
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Usage notes
English “Belarusian” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to baltkrievu, the genitive plural form of baltkrievs. The adjective baltkrievisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Belarusian”), or in its adverbial form baltkrieviski.
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of baltkrievisks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | baltkrievisks | baltkrieviski | baltkrieviska | baltkrieviskas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | baltkrievisku | baltkrieviskus | baltkrievisku | baltkrieviskas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | baltkrieviska | baltkrievisku | baltkrieviskas | baltkrievisku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | baltkrieviskam | baltkrieviskiem | baltkrieviskai | baltkrieviskām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | baltkrievisku | baltkrieviskiem | baltkrievisku | baltkrieviskām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | baltkrieviskā | baltkrieviskos | baltkrieviskā | baltkrieviskās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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