kazahisks
Latvian
Etymology
From kazahs (“Kazakh”) + -isks.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
kazahisks (definite kazahiskais, comparative kazahiskāks, superlative viskazahiskākais, adverb kazahiski)
- Kazakh (relating to the Kazakh language; relating to Kazakhs or to Kazakhstan)
- Basulis taču arī kazahiski dziedās ― but Basulis will also sing in Kazakh
Usage notes
English “Kazakh” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kazahu, the genitive plural form of kazahs. The adjective kazahisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Kazakh”), or in its adverbial form kazahiski.
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kazahisks | kazahiski | kazahiska | kazahiskas | |
| genitive | kazahiska | kazahisku | kazahiskas | kazahisku | |
| dative | kazahiskam | kazahiskiem | kazahiskai | kazahiskām | |
| accusative | kazahisku | kazahiskus | kazahisku | kazahiskas | |
| instrumental | kazahisku | kazahiskiem | kazahisku | kazahiskām | |
| locative | kazahiskā | kazahiskos | kazahiskā | kazahiskās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kazahiskais | kazahiskie | kazahiskā | kazahiskās | |
| genitive | kazahiskā | kazahisko | kazahiskās | kazahisko | |
| dative | kazahiskajam | kazahiskajiem | kazahiskajai | kazahiskajām | |
| accusative | kazahisko | kazahiskos | kazahisko | kazahiskās | |
| instrumental | kazahisko | kazahiskajiem | kazahisko | kazahiskajām | |
| locative | kazahiskajā | kazahiskajos | kazahiskajā | kazahiskajās | |
| vocative | kazahisko, kazahiskais | kazahiskie | kazahisko, kazahiskā | kazahiskās | |