islandisks
See also: īslandisks
Latvian
Etymology
From Islande (“Iceland”) + -isks.
Adjective
islandisks (definite islandiskais, comparative islandiskāks, superlative visislandiskākais, adverb islandiski)
- Icelandic (relating to the Icelandic language; relating to the Icelandic people or to Iceland)
- kaut kas ļoti islandisks ― something very Icelandic
- Islandē, lai naturalizētos, jāpieņem islandisks vārds un uzvārds ― In Iceland, in order to be naturalized, one has to take an Icelandic first and last name
Usage notes
- English “Dutch” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to nīderlandiešu, the genitive plural form of nīderlandietis. The adjective nīderlandisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Dutch”), or in its adverbial form nīderlandiski.
- The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | islandisks | islandiski | islandiska | islandiskas | |
| genitive | islandiska | islandisku | islandiskas | islandisku | |
| dative | islandiskam | islandiskiem | islandiskai | islandiskām | |
| accusative | islandisku | islandiskus | islandisku | islandiskas | |
| instrumental | islandisku | islandiskiem | islandisku | islandiskām | |
| locative | islandiskā | islandiskos | islandiskā | islandiskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | islandiskais | islandiskie | islandiskā | islandiskās | |
| genitive | islandiskā | islandisko | islandiskās | islandisko | |
| dative | islandiskajam | islandiskajiem | islandiskajai | islandiskajām | |
| accusative | islandisko | islandiskos | islandisko | islandiskās | |
| instrumental | islandisko | islandiskajiem | islandisko | islandiskajām | |
| locative | islandiskajā | islandiskajos | islandiskajā | islandiskajās | |
| vocative | islandisko, islandiskais | islandiskie | islandisko, islandiskā | islandiskās | |