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
Usage notes
English “Belarusian” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds 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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